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Times Square: Anti-Semitic attack in New York causes outrage

On Friday night, men attacked a Jewish man in Times Square, New York. You are anti-Semitic in the attack. Politicians were shocked. Now is determined.

The attack on a Jewish man on the sidelines of a demonstration in New York took place in the USA caused outrage.

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 Yorker police several men attacked a 29-year-old Jewish man on Thursday evening (local time) in Times Square 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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