Police trying to identify man accused of slashing Israeli flag outside Pittsburgh home
Pittsburgh Police are asking for help to identify a man they say used a knife to slash an Israeli flag outside a home in the city's Mexican War Streets neighborhood.
Police said that detectives from Zone 1 are investigating what they called "an act of criminal mischief" along Buena Vista Street.
According to police, a man with long hair is accused of driving a white pick-up truck and parking it near the home around 7 p.m. on the evening of Saturday, January 17.
Police said the man got out of the truck with a knife and slashed and ruining the flag before leaving the area.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Zone 1 at 412-323-7201 and ask for plainclothes detectives.
Police said this is the third occurrence in two years that someone who lives in this block of Buena Vista Street had an Israeli flag on their property damaged.
In 2024, police investigated multiple instances of vandalism in the neighborhood including when man was caught on camera taking down an Israeli flag and throwing it in the trash. Another incident involved a home being vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.