By Sky News US Team
A knife-wielding man has stabbed a student in the head inside a New York City synagogue before being shot dead by police.
Police say the confrontation happened at 1.40am (6.40am UK time) on Tuesday at the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic headquarters in Brooklyn.
According to witnesses, the attacker was heard saying repeatedly "Kill the Jews," said Chaim Landa, a spokeswoman for Chabad-Lubavitch.
Reports from Jerusalem said the 22-year-old victim was an Israeli called Levi Rosenblat.
NYPD spokesman Adam Navarro said he was stabbed in the side of the face and was being treated in hospital.
Chabad's spokesman in Israel, Rabbi Moni Ender told Army Radio that the attack wasn't terror-related or premeditated.
"Incidents like these happen in Brooklyn every 15 minutes," he said.
Video filmed inside the synagogue showed the 49-year-old attacker refusing to drop the 9in (23cm) knife despite pleas from witnesses.
The man does put it down, but later picks it up again and lunges towards a police officer.
A single shot is then heard but the footage does not capture the man actually being hit.
He was shot once in the torso and pronounced dead in hospital.
The man was not immediately identified, but police said he was from New York City and had a criminal history.
The motive for the attack is unclear.
The synagogue is open 24 hours a day and at night homeless people go inside to get warm.
"Apparently there was an argument during which the attacker pulled out a kitchen knife and told the Jewish student he was going to kill him," the rabbi said.
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