'You Jews are getting us all sick': Couple is arrested in anti-Semitic hate crime against three Hasidic Jews after 'trying to rip their face masks off and blaming them for the spread of coronavirus'

A couple was arrested for a hate crime after allegedly attacking three Hasidic men, trying to rip their face masks off and accusing them of causing the spread of coronavirus in New York City.

Paulo Pinho, 35, and his wife, Clelia Pinho, 46, were reportedly driving through Brooklyn on Sunday when they spotted a group of Hasidic Jewish men gathered outside.

This prompted the couple to exit their vehicle and confront the group in an assault that Mayor Bill de Blasio called 'unacceptable.'  

The coupled reportedly lambasted the group with racial slurs and accused them of not following mandated social distancing guidelines. 

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Authorities dispatched to Brooklyn on Sunday after Paulo Pinho, 35, and his wife, Clelia Pinho, 46, harassed a three Hasidic Jewish men (pictured)

'You Jews are getting us all sick,' the couple yelled at the group, according to the New York Daily News. 

'The mayor says you Jews are the reason we're getting sick.' 

A struggle allegedly ensued with three men after the couple tried to rip their face masks off. 

The victims included a 29-year-old man, a 33-year-old man and a 34-year-old man, PIX II  reports.  

Clelia fell during the scuffle and broke her arm.

Shomrim, a local Jewish neighborhood patrol group, detained the suspects until authorities arrived.  

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Pictured: Jewish Hasidic community members gather for a funeral procession, during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease in Brooklyn

The victims refused medical treatment while the Pinho's were treated for injuries they sustained while being detained.  

Paulo and Clelia were charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime. 

Paulo has been arrested three times for driving while intoxicated. 

In a fourth arrest, Paulo allegedly punched a 61-year-old man in the face  and threatened him with a screwdriver in a fight over a parking space in 2019. 

He is accused of breaking the victim's sideview mirror as well. 

On Monday, de Blasio blasted the anti-Semitic attack on Twitter. 

 'This anti-Semitic attack is unacceptable in EVERY way. I commend the NYPD for ensuring the perpetrators were arrested quickly,' he wrote.  

'We have ZERO tolerance for this kind of reckless hatred in New York City.'

de Blasio: 'This anti-Semitic attack is unacceptable in EVERY way. I commend the NYPD for ensuring the perpetrators were arrested quickly'

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Mayor Bill de Blasio (pictured) condemned the anti-Semitic attack during a press conference  

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Pictured: A man moves his scarf to cover his face as he passes NYPD officials stationed in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Williamsburg neighborhood 

During a morning press conference, de Blasio mentioned the 'horrible incident' and said New York City will not accept targeted hate crimes.

 'It's something that expresses hate, but also creates danger, and that's unacceptable and we're not gonna allow it in this city,' de Blasio said.

'We are treating this incident as a hate crime, so there are serious consequences when someone commits one of these acts.

'Whether it is this horrible anti-Semitic act that we saw, or the horrible anti-Asian acts we saw in previous weeks, none of these acts of bias and discrimination are acceptable in New York City.'

De Blasio's comments come after he was accused of targeting the Orthodox Jewish community when a large funeral was held in April. 

Photos showed dozens of Orthodox Jewish community members  crowded at an intersection in Williamsburg, with many donning face masks in accordance with social distancing guidelines.

De Blasio slammed the mourners on Twitter calling their actions 'absolutely unacceptable'.

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De Blasio, pictured Tuesday had traveled to personally shut down a Orthodox Jewish funeral in Williamsburg after images surfaced on social media of massive crowds gathered for a rabbi who died from coronavirus

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Pictured: Jewish Hasidic community members gather for a funeral procession, during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease in April 

'Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic,' he wrote.

'When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus.'

The mayor went on to send a stark warning to the community that the police will issue summons and even arrest people flouting social distancing guidelines.

'My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed,' he wrote on Twitter. 

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De Blasio slammed the Jewish community in a Twitter rant Tuesday night after he had broken up the gathering with the NYPD

'I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.'

De Blasio's response faced a backlash from some members of the Jewish community who said he was 'singling out' the group.

'This has to be a joke.Did the Mayor of NYC really just single out one specific ethnic community (a community that has been the target of increasing hate crimes in HIS city) as being noncompliant??' wrote Chaim Deutsch, a City Council member who represents a large Orthodox Jewish population, in a Twitter post.  

'Has he been to a park lately? (What am I saying - of course he has!)'

'But singling out one community is ridiculous,' he added in another post. 'Every neighborhood has people who are being non-compliant. To speak to an entire ethnic group as though we are all flagrantly violating precautions is offensive, it's stereotyping, and it's inviting antisemitism. I'm truly stunned.'

The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council also Tweeted anger at the mayor's response.

'People failed to social distance at a funeral the same day that thousands of New Yorkers failed to distance for 45 minutes to watch a flyover,' the council Tweeted, in reference to the thousands of people who flocked to the banks of the Hudson Tuesday to watch the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels fly across the city's skies in honor of health care workers battling the pandemic.

De Blasio later apologized for his comments, but maintained that residents needed to follow stay-at-home orders. 

 He said: 'I spoke last night out of passion. I could not believe my eyes, it was deeply, deeply, distressing.

'People lives were in danger right before my eyes. It was tough love. It has not happened other places, lets be honest. No it is not like people gathering in the park.' But he added: 'I won't tolerate antisemitism.'