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HALAL FOOD CART WARS: Muslim stabs Muslim in vendor turf war in front of Macy’s in New York City
Video footage shows an Egyptian man who was slashed in the neck bleeding on the ground while another Egyptian man was placed under arrest after a verbal dispute between vendors turned violent near Macy’s in Herald Square Saturday morning, police said.
NY Post (h/t Marvin W) The violence broke out just before 9 a.m. when two Halal vendors operating on opposite sides of the street started arguing outside 1338 Broadway, near 35th Street, cops said. The war of words ended when one vendor slashed the other in the neck, the NYPD said.
Marzouk Ibrahim, 36, (photo below) was arrested and charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, disorderly conduct and harassment, an NYPD spokesman said.
The unidentified 32-year-old victim was transported by EMS to Bellevue Hospital with neck lacerations and is expected to survive, authorities said. While the NYPD did not spell out what fueled the slashing, word on the street was that the two vendors are involved in a turf war.
The scenario: Both sides are from Egypt. They work opposite sides of the street at the corner of West 35th and Broadway beside Macy’s. One guy said he has been at the corner for three years and the other across the street wants to buy his space — and that notion didn’t sit well with the other vendor.
One of the factions features three brothers who operate one cart and take turns working 8-hour shifts. One of the brothers was allegedly slashed by Ibrahim. At one point, the cops instructed the brothers to “pack up and leave.”
One faction claims the beef started when one of them went to the bathroom and when he came back his “stuff” was on the ground and cart flipped over. His cousin, Ibrahim, was the individual arrested in the slashing. That faction claims the victim cut himself and lied to police.
These turf wars happen “frequently,” said Joseph Carella, a spokesman for the 34th Street Partnership, who noted that “vendors are tacitly allowed to conduct these battles with each other because the city does not enforce placement regulations” and likened it to a “Wild West scenario beyond the eyes of the enforcement bodies.”
Said Carella: “Earlier this year, the Partnership’s unarmed security officers were given peace officer status by New York State, and they have the power to issue fines, which they have been doing, although they cannot prevent these types of showdowns.”
You’d be surprised. When I was working in Manhattan, there would be long lines of ignorant Americans waiting to buy that slop, probably because they give you a lot of food.
Tom says
Is there a problem with this?
Az gal says
Good. Let them kill each other.
Tom says
To properly staunch the bleeding with a thumb, the cop needs to exert more pressure with the thumb.
JS says
My thought exactly.
Me says
How many cans of Bud Shite would somebody need to drink before buying that crap they call food???
BareNakedIslam says
You’d be surprised. When I was working in Manhattan, there would be long lines of ignorant Americans waiting to buy that slop, probably because they give you a lot of food.
Me 'Fish And Chips' says
And plenty in the line for the bathroom due to food poisoning the following morning I expect …
BareNakedIslam says
When I get home, I’ll see if I can find that post on the Halal food cart filth and will add it to this post.
Giovani says
When walking by one of those halal carts, especially if the air is still, I have to control my gag reflex.
BareNakedIslam says
I did a post a few years ago about how NYC halal food carts get more health code violations
Than any other vendors.
Pray Hard says
Just another islamic soap opera. I hope they exterminate each other.
Muslimmadness says
Live by halal
Die by halal!
Ramez Fekry says
F*cking Egyptian Moslems and their propensity for violence!
Alas, there are tens of millions of Moslems who are of Egyptian partial or complete lineage in the West and Eastern Europe!
The Music Man says
The ‘merchandise’ being sold strangely resembles what Waste Management carts away in my trash. I wonder what it smells like?
NYC now makes Mexifornia’s cities resemble 5-star vacation spots!