Teeanger injures orthodox Jew in Zurich in a life-threatening manner
Published: Sunday, Mar 3rd 2024, 02:41
Updated At: Sunday, Mar 3rd 2024, 02:41
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On Saturday evening, a 15-year-old Swiss man stabbed an orthodox Jew in the city of Zurich with a life-threatening weapon. The police arrested the suspect on the spot, as they announced on Sunday night.
The injured 50-year-old man had to be hospitalized by the ambulance service, as the Zurich city police wrote in the press release. The ongoing investigation would explicitly include the possibility of an anti-Semitically motivated crime, it said.
The background and course of events were unclear at the time of the announcement. The attack took place in Zurich's Kreis 2 district. At 9.35 p.m., the incident room received a report of an argument between several people.
The Zurich cantonal police and the responsible juvenile prosecutor's office are investigating in all directions. The Zurich city police promised further information on Sunday morning.
Anti-Semitism on the rise
Incidents of antisemitism have increased in Switzerland since the Hamas attack in Israel in October 2023 and the war in the Middle East. The Center for Combating Anti-Semitism and Defamation in French-speaking Switzerland (Cicad) recently published figures showing that anti-Semitic incidents in French-speaking Switzerland increased by 68% in 2023. Almost half of these occurred after October 7.
At the beginning of February, the Federal Council announced that it would work with the cantons to develop a strategy and an action plan against racism and anti-Semitism. It will also examine whether a new commissioner for combating racism and anti-Semitism should be appointed.
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