"They threw furniture at him" Official praises courage of congregants during Monsey stabbings

"They fought back in the face of evil." Chief Executive Officer of Brosnan Risk Consultants and former NYPD officer Patrick Brosnan saluted the heroic actions of congregants on Monday who fought off an attacker wielding a knife in their rabbi's home-synagogue during a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New York. During the briefing, Brosnan went on to say the congregants threw a coffee table at the man who wounded five during his rampage and fled "like the coward he was" in the face of mostly "elderly congregants with furniture." Police arrested a suspect in Manhattan within hours of Saturday night’s attack. Grafton E. Thomas, 37, had blood all over his clothing and smelled of bleach, according to prosecutors. The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council for New York’s Hudson Valley region tweeted that police received a call just before 10 p.m. for a mass stabbing at the house of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, NY .For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6344739/kn... Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews