Monday, May 23, 2011

New Square Man Attacked by Bochur Suffers Severe Burns

NEW SQUARE, N.Y. (CBS 2) — An orthodox Jewish father of four said he was apparently punished for worshipping his own way after an attack left him with burns covering 50 percent of his body.
CBS 2’s Dave Carlin reported a rift exploded into a fiery confrontation in Rockland County Sunday morning.

“His upper body is third-degree burns all over,” the victim’s son-in-law, Moshe Elbaum, said. Elbaum said the top half of Aron Rottenberg’s body is covered in excruciatingly painful burn wounds. He said his father-in-law suffered the burns defending his family, confronting a man who police said was trying to fire bomb their home.

Police arrested an 18-year-old Bochur, also of New Square, and charged him with first-degree attempted arson and first-degree assault, both felonies. He was transported to a burn unit in New York City, while Rottenberg was taken to Westchester Medical Center.

Warning! Video contains images which may be considered graphic.



Machaah by the New Square Beis Din rebuking the violence.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I cant believe its what they say, that the rebbe sent this animal to burn down the house.

Yam60 said...

Muslims fighting Muslims, Christians fighting Christians, now we have Jews fighting Jews.

ajlounyinjurylaw said...

Sad how people just want to worship in their own religion and people would go to such extremes to make that change.