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Three Jewish tourists – an American couple and an Israeli – were attacked by a group of migrants in Venice in an antisemitic attack, which included setting a Rottweiler on the victims and physical assault.
7 Israel National News reports that the incident took place last weekend on Strada Nuova, one of the main streets near the famous Rialto Bridge.
The attackers, Muslim migrants from North Africa, identified the three as Jews by their haredi clothing and surrounded them shouting, “Free Palestine.”
One of the attackers set his unmuzzled Rottweiler on the tourists, while another slapped the man and a glass bottle was thrown, shattering and injuring the woman’s ankle.
Police officers who witnessed the incident intervened and prevented further escalation. A Tunisian man was arrested along with two other attackers. He was charged with assault and banned from entering Venice for two years.
The two others were found to be in Italy illegally and were taken into custody pending deportation.
