A 21-year-old student was arrested Tuesday for making a “horrifying” anti-Jewish death threat at Cornell University that put the Ivy League campus on alert over the weekend.
Patrick Dai, a junior majoring in engineering at the prestigious university, was named in a federal complaint alleging he sent threats to kill or injure others using interstate communications — which could land him in prison for up to five years.
The Pittsford, New York, native was formally charged just hours after New York State Police troopers identified a person of interest in connection with an online threat to “bring an assault rifle onto campus.”
The troubling message, which comes days after “F–k Israel” graffiti was scrawled on a sidewalk on the upper Ithaca campus, was revealed by university officials Sunday.
A person of interest has been identified in a “horrific” anti-Semitic death threat at Cornell University that put the Ivy League campus on alert over the weekend, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday. Governor Kathy Hochul
“The genocidal fascist zionist regime will be destroyed,” said one message posted to a public school forum.
“Rape and kill all Jewish women before they give birth to more Jewish fighters.”
Dai allegedly threatened to “shoot up 104 west,” a university dining hall that caters mostly to a Kosher diet, and to “slit the neck” of any Jewish man he encountered.
New York state troopers have been deployed to upstate Cornell University, including its kosher and multicultural campus dining halls, after grisly death threats against Jews were posted in an online forum over the weekend.AP
Joel Malina, Cornell’s vice president for university relations, confirmed in a statement Tuesday that a Cornell student was in custody, but did not name Dai.
“We remain appalled by and condemn these horrific, antisemitic threats and believe they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We know that our campus community will continue to support each other in the days ahead,” Malina said, adding that the school will maintain an “enhanced security presence on campus.”
Dai was questioned hours before his arrest after state police identified “persons of interest” in the troubling case, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed on X.
Cornell University’s upper Ithaca campus was placed on alert over the weekend after a series of vile anti-Semitic death threats were posted in online forums. X/cbouzy
“When I met with the Cornell students yesterday, I promised them that we would do everything possible to find the perpetrators,” he added.
“Public safety is my top priority and I am committed to fighting hate and bigotry wherever it causes harm.”
A representative for the New York State Police referred questions to campus police.
Public broadcast threats to shoot up schools and rape Jewish women.X/cbouzy
Pro-Palestinian unrest has risen on state college campuses following the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel by radical militants Hamas — and the subsequent counterattack in the Gaza Strip by the Jewish state.
More than 1,400 Israelis, almost all civilians, were killed in sneak attacks earlier this month by militants, with more than 200 others kidnapped, including several Americans.
On Tuesday, Hochul tapped Jonathan Lippman, the former chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals, to review “policies and procedures related to antisemitism and discrimination on the campus of the City University of New York amid the turmoil.
The alarming online threat comes after “F–k Israel” graffiti was found scrawled on the sidewalk at the Ivy League school’s campus in Ithaca. X / @samaberman
“The problem didn’t start with the week after the October 7 attack,” Hochul said in making the announcement.
“It has grown on several campuses and is seen most prominently at the City University of New York.
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