$10,000 dollar reward offered for information in connection with antisemitic group attack on 25-year-old in Brooklyn

A group of people allegedly attacked a man in Brooklyn in what police have described as an antisemitic incident.

The 25-year-old victim was walking in the vicinity of Empire Boulevard and Albany Avenue in the heavily-Jewish neighbourhood of Crown Heights at around 20:00 on 11th November. The victim reported to police that he had been punched in the face by an assailant who had made antisemitic remarks.

The suspect has been described as a male with dark complexion, around nineteen years old, 5”10 and approximately 140lbs.

A group of five people wearing hoodies and face coverings were also apparently seen walking on the pavement nearby. It is not clear whether the group was involved in the attack.

The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident as aggravated harassment.

The ADL has offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Anyone with information should call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

There has been a surge of attacks on Jews in Brooklyn that have involved antisemitic epithets, including the hurling of a projectile at a man from a moving car, the beating of a man outside a nightclub, and a pregnant woman having a drink thrown in her face ­– all in just the past few weeks.

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