The ultra-Orthodox group was standing in front of the digital board showing the train times, and suddenly the immigrant charged at them and started hitting one of them on the head with an iron. The attacker chanted anti-Semitic slogans and called the ultra-Orthodox “dirty Jews” while continuing to beat the ultra-orthodox young man and shouting “You are murdering Palestinian children, so I will murder you.”
Some passers-by intervened and called the policemen who were at the train station. Even after being arrested by the police, the Pakistani continued to shout “Allahu Akbar”. A medical team arrived at the scene and evacuated one of the young men who were attacked to the hospital suffering from injuries in all parts of his body.
Italian authorities have accused the Pakistani attacker of racially aggravated assault. The judge ordered a speedy trial due to the seriousness of the actions and cruelty of the attacker, who did not express remorse at any point during his investigation.
His defense attorney asked to take into account the fact that he is unemployed and homeless, but the judge emphasized the seriousness of the incident and the hatred that led to the violent attack. Organizations that work for the rights of the Jews in Italy and throughout Europe emphasized the need for a severe and deterrent punishment for the attacker, and condemned the shocking event. “This attack is part of global anti-Semitism that is erupting after the Shiva massacre in October. Community institutions and Jews have become a target for the enemies not because of what they have done, but because of who they are.”