Jewish man attacked while waiting for subway in Brooklyn: beaten, called a ‘f—ing Jew’ and a ‘dirty bloody Jew’
The 53-year-old, identified as an Israeli tourist, was called a ‘dirty bloody Jew’ and a ‘f—ing Jew’ by his assailants, one of which beat him with his own umbrella in Williamsburg at the Marcy Ave. station before 4 p.m. Monday. The three fled on a Manhattan-bound train after a bystander intervened and was also attacked.
Three brutes beat a man while hurling anti-Semitic insults at him at a Brooklyn train station, cops said Tuesday.
The 53-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was waiting for a train at the Marcy Ave. station near S. Ninth St. in Williamsburg just before 4 p.m. Monday when one of the three suspects approached from behind and tried to take something out of his pocket.
When the victim whirled around and asked the stranger what he was doing, the brut called him a “dirty bloody Jew,” cops said.
He then spit at the victim, grabbed the man’s umbrella and beat him over the head with it before running off.
The victim pursued, but was attacked from behind by a second accomplice, who called him a “f—ing Jew” and kicked him repeatedly, cops said.
A bystander ran over to help, but was also attacked by the suspects before they escaped onto a Manhattan-bound train.
Neither man was seriously injured, officials said. The three suspects remained at large Tuesday morning.
The website JPUpdates.com identified the victim on the train platform as a tourist from Israel, although police said he gave a Brooklyn address when he reported the incident. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force was investigating.
The attack came just hours before a fatal attack on a synagogue in West Jerusalem.
