Thursday, January 31, 2019

String of Anti-Semitic Attacks Pervade Brooklyn; Two Jewish Men Hit Yesterday in Crown Heights

Police in New York are investigating two separate attacks targeting Jewish men in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, the latest in a string of anti-Semitic assaults, the Times of Israel website reports today (January 31, 2019).

A 51-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was violently attacked by three men around 1 a.m. yesterday morning. Police say the men approached the victim on President Street, and punched him in the face and body.

Less than an hour earlier, police say, a 22-year-old Orthodox man was attacked half a block away by three men.

The New York Police Department believes the cases are linked, and so far made two arrests. Reports said 18-year-old Navar Walters and 20-year-old Teshon Bannister have been charged with assault as a hate crime. A third suspect remains on the loose.

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