Levi Yitzchak Rosenblat. Credit: Chabad.org.

JNS.org – Levi Yitzchak Rosenblat, a 22-year-old Israeli yeshiva student, was wounded early Tuesday morning in a stabbing at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

Rosenblat, who is from the community of Beitar Illit in Judea and Samaria, was initially reported to be seriously wounded. It was later reported that he was conscious and in stable condition.

Police shot and apprehended the perpetrator of the stabbing, who, according to media reports, was a black male. The attacker was transported to a hospital, where he later died of his wounds. The motive for the stabbing is being investigated.

Watch a video of the incident below: