2 Jewish DePaul students attacked while showing support for Israel, Chicago university says
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Two Jewish students at DePaul University in Chicago who were “visibly showing their support for Israel” were targeted Wednesday by masked attackers, according to a statement from the university’s president.
Two Jewish students at DePaul University in Chicago who were “visibly showing their support for Israel” were targeted Wednesday by masked attackers, according to a statement from the university’s president. The students, two men in their 20s, were assaulted by unknown assailants who struck one victim in the face and body and pushed the other one to the ground before running off, the Chicago Police Department said, adding both declined emergency medical aid. “We are outraged that this occurred on our campus,” university President Robert L. Manuel said in a statement. “It is completely unacceptable and a violation of DePaul’s values to uphold and care for the dignity of every individual.” “The university is actively working with the Chicago Police Department to investigate this incident so that they can determine whether to classify it as a hate crime that targeted our students because of their Jewish identity,” Manuel said. The incident – on the Lincoln Park campus – is being classified as simple battery as the investigation continues, Chicago police said. Police in its news release did not say whether the assailants wore masks. How the victims were showing support for Israel was not immediately clear.
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