Suspect arrested in connection with violent antisemitic attack on Jewish man in Brooklyn

A suspect has been arrested in connection with an antisemitic incident in which a Jewish victim was called a “dirty Jew” before being punched in the face.

Suleiman Othman, 27, is charged with assault as a hate crime and aggravated assault, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Blake Zavadsky, 21, and his friend were waiting for a shop to open in Brooklyn before being approached by two men who called them “dirty Jews” and demanded that Mr Zavadsky remove his sweater bearing the emblem of the Israel Defence Forces. One of the men then punched him several times and poured coffee on the sweater.

Social media users then began posting photographs of themselves wearing a similar sweater in solidarity with the victim.

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