Drunk attacks Jewish man for refusing to give him cash, calls him ‘dirty Jew.’
A 70-year-old Jewish man was brutally attacked Wednesday night in the town of Anduze, near Alès in France, Entrevue reported.
The elderly man, wearing a kippah and tzitzit, was feeding cats in the street when a drunk man approached him demanding money. When the victim refused, the attacker punched and kicked him, while calling him a “dirty Jew” repeatedly, eyewitnesses said.
The suspect, age 45, was known to the police for theft, Entrevue added.
He was arrested Thursday morning and taken into custody while still drunk, for “violence and insults based on religious affiliation or non-affiliation.”
The suspect is expected to be questioned once he is no longer drunk.
Earlier this year, Rabbi Arié Engelberg, rabbi of Orléans in France, was violently attacked on Saturday in front of his nine-year-old son, as the two were returning from the synagogue.
The assault occurred as the attacker came towards them, and punched and kicked Rabbi Engelberg. He also bit the Rabbi on the shoulder until a passerby intervened, causing the assailant to flee the scene.
After the incident, a complaint was filed with the police, and last night the assailant, a 16-year-old male with no criminal record, was arrested. He was taken into custody pending a hearing in his case.
