The attack on a Jewish man on the sidelines of a demonstration in New York caused outrage in the United States.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned the attack on Friday, saying that anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in New York. Prominent MPs from the US Congress also expressed shock and concern.
According to the New York police, several men attacked a 29-year-old Jewish man in Times Square on Thursday evening (local time) on the sidelines of rallies on the Middle East conflict. The attackers struck down the victim, who was wearing a kippah, kicked him, sprayed him with pepper spray and hit him with a crutch. You would have expressed yourself anti-Semitic. According to the police, a 23-year-old suspect was arrested on Thursday evening. The case will be treated as hate crime. The investigation is ongoing.
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