Kippah-wearing lawyer abused and spat at in Milan

A Jewish lawyer is reported to have been spat at and abused in the Italian city of Milan by four men of Middle Eastern appearance.

The victim, 30, who was wearing a kippah (skullcap) and did not wish to be named, gave an account of what happened in a private Facebook group.

He claimed that on a street in central Milan in daylight, he was accosted by a man asking if he was Jewish.

“One of the two men shouted ‘Yeudi’, which is what Jews are called in Arabic,” the victim related, adding that he was then “showered” with saliva and verbal abuse.

“They were about to be joined by another two,” he said, “so I ran.”

He said that the four men started to chase him “but soon gave up.”

“People in the street” the victim reported, “pretended not to see.”

According to a recent report, there has been a marked increase in antisemitic incidents in Italy.

Campaign Against Antisemitism reports on antisemitic incidents in Italy.