University of Pittsburgh, FBI investigating 2nd attack on Jewish student in a month
Authorities are investigating the second incident in a month in which a Jewish student attending the University of Pittsburgh was attacked, possibly motivated by the victim’s religion.
Authorities are investigating the second incident in a month in which a Jewish student attending the University of Pittsburgh was attacked, possibly motivated by the victim’s religion.
The FBI, which is currently assisting University of Pittsburgh Police, said it has opened its own investigation.
According to university police, the student was walking off campus early Friday morning when a group of six to eight men assaulted the unidentified victim.
”During the assault, the actors used anti-Semitic language. A bystander intervened and ended the assault,” Pittsburgh University Police said in a news release in which it categorized the incident as a “Hate Crime/Assault.”
The student’s condition was not immediately clear.
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