New York (AP) – The attack on a Jewish man on the sidelines of a demonstration in New York has 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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