Prosecutors charged a 37-year-old man with federal hate crimes after a weekend attack at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York... about 56 kilometers from New York City. Grafton Thomas pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary.

Five people were stabbed in the attack during a Hanukkah celebration. Authorities say they recovered a machete in Thomas's car.

New York's Jewish community says it is coming under increased attack. U.S. President Donald Trump called the incident "horrific." The stabbings come on the heels of a number of other incidents just this month.

Authorities say they found the suspect and arrested him just two hours after the attack thanks to witnesses who saw the car's license plate as Thomas allegedly fled the scene. Inside Thomas's home, authorities say they found hand-written journals with anti-Semitic writings. They also allege that a phone recovered had recent searches for, "German Jewish Temples near me” and “Why did Hitler hate the Jews.”

An attorney for Thomas stated his client had "a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations," and was not at all anti-Semitic.