A lawyer for Grafton Thomas, the suspect in the stabbing attack at a Hanukkah party in Monsey in December, said on Monday that a psychiatrist has found Thomas incompetent to stand trial.

Defense attorney Michael Sussman said in a statement quoted by The Associated Press that he has asked a federal judge to hold a competency evaluation for Thomas, who was arrested hours after the December 28 Machete attack at the home of rabbi in which people were wounded.


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