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CRAZED CABBIE WHO TRIED TO MOW DOWN NYC JEWISH STUDENTS HAS A TROUBLING HISTORY

By Joe Marino, Georgett Roberts and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Published May 30, 2024, 12:24 p.m. ET

The deranged cab driver who tried to mow down Orthodox students outside a
Brooklyn Jewish school while screaming “kill all the Jews” has a disturbing
history of deranged behavior, police sources and neighbors told The Post.

Ashgar Ali, 58, a Pakistani immigrant busted in the shocking antisemitic attack
Wednesday, has been shipped off to hospital psych wards at least three times as
an emotionally disturbed person in the past – and has freaked out neighbors with
his bizarre behavior.

“He never speaks to anyone,” one neighbor said. “He doesn’t acknowledge you. If
you are at the [front] gate he won’t even open it for you. He just stands there.

“I see him go to work every morning about seven or eight,” the neighbor said. “I
don’t know what kind of work he does. I believe he rents a room in one of these
apartments.”

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Ali, who migrated to the US from Pakistan 20 years ago, has a history of
disturbing behavior dating to 2007, law enforcement sources told The Post.

On June 7, 2007, he was taken to the hospital for evaluation after an incident
on Coney Island Avenue.

No details were immediately available in that incident, but on Aug. 30, 2011,
the sources said Ali was taken into custody by cops for acting irrationally and
threatening to harm himself. He was again taken to Coney Island Hospital for
psychiatric evaluation, sources said.

On Sept. 10, 2011, he was reported to be suffering from an unspecified mental
illness after a non-violent incident, according to the sources.

Then, on Jan. 21, 2023, the sources said Ali was taken to Coney Island Hospital
after he was spotted walking around in circles on Flatbush Avenue and Kings
Highway looking confused.

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Disturbing surveillance footage shows a 2011 Crown Victoria revving up and
speeding toward Orthodox students and rabbis outside a Brooklyn Jewish school
Wednesday.
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The footage shows two rabbis running to safety inside the building as the Crown
Victoria closes in on them. Shomrim Flatbush
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Police said Ashgar Ali, 58, was arrested for attempting to mow down Jewish
students and rabbis during the Wednesday morning attack. Shomrim Flatbush

In the most recent incident, the sources said Ali was picked up behaving
erratically and threatening people on Coney Island Avenue on Feb. 11, the
sources said.

Police said Ali went off the deep end shortly before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday while
behind the wheel of a white 2011 Crown Victoria in Flatbush and took aim at
students and rabbis outside the Orthodox school – with the horrifying assault
caught on surveillance footage.

The video shows Ali revving the engine and mounting the curb outside the yeshiva
and steering toward a group of students – then drove around the block and came
back.

“I’m gonna kill all the Jews,” he allegedly yelled as the students and rabbis
ran into the building.

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Members of the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol tracked down the Crown Victoria
and notified cops, who arrested Ashgar Ali, 58. Yeshiva World News
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Police said the intended targets were three 18-year-old students and two adults,
aged 41 and 44.

The car fled the scene but was tracked down by members of the Shomrim Safety
Patrol, who tipped off the NYPD and stood by as Ali was arrested and charged
with attempted assault as a hate crime, attempted vehicular assault, menacing
and other charges.

He was taken to Coney Island Hospital and was awaiting arraignment on Thursday.

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