NY Gov Hochul announces "person of interest" in custody following a series of antisemitic threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community

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“Earlier today, law enforcement identified a person of interest as part of the investigation and this individual is currently in the custody of the New York State Police for questioning,” Hochul said in Tuesday’s statement, noting she had promised Cornell students the state “would do everything possible to find the perpetrator who threatened a mass shooting and antisemitic violence on campus.”

 

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Cornell student held over threats to Jewish classmates​

Police in New York have arrested a Cornell University student who is accused of posting violent threats to Jewish classmates over the weekend.
In a series of posts to a website called Greekrank, a user with the name "hamas" threatened to shoot Jewish students at the prestigious university.
Patrick Dai, 21, is in his third year at the university.

 

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In an interview with the New York Post, Dai’s parents said that he has severe depression dating to 2021 and had no history of violence.

The father, who asked his name not be used, told the Post in a text exchange Dai stopped communicating with his parents days before his arrest and around the time the antisemitic threats were made on an online message board.