Budapest Jewish Leader Attacked While Leaving Synagogue
Police in Budapest said they have arrested two men after a Jewish community leader was attacked after leaving synagogue Friday night.
Police in Budapest said they have arrested two men after a Jewish community leader
was attacked after leaving synagogue Friday night, AFPreported.
Andras Kerenyi, 62, president of the local branch of the Budapest Jewish Faith Community, was verbally
and physically assaulted on the night of Oct. 5, as he was leaving the Sabbathprayer services,
according to a statement on the Budapest policewebsite.
The two attackers were detained and charged with violent assault
against a member of a community group.
Kerenyi only suffered minor injuries during the attack and did not
require hospitalization.
Gusztav Zoltai, the director of the Alliance of Hungarian Jewish
Faith Communities, told Hungarian state news agency MTI that Kereneyi was kicked in the
stomach by the assailants who shouted, "Rotten filthy Jews, you will all
die".
Earlier this year, Hungary's Chief Rabbi, Jozsef Schweitzer, was
verbally abused on a street in Budapest by an assailant who shouted, "I
loathe all Jews."
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