Two Jewish students at DePaul University in Chicago who were “visibly showing their support for Israel” were targeted last Wednesday by masked attackers, according to a statement from the university’s president.
The students, two men in their 20s, were assaulted by unknown assailants who struck one victim in the face and body and pushed the other one to the ground before running off, the Chicago Police Department said, adding both declined emergency medical aid.
Police are investigating the assault as a hate crime, the department said Thursday. “The offender verbally engaged the victim and made anti-Semitic remarks before repeatedly striking the victim,” the police said.
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