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    Detail of a Jewish man whose face was cut off by an unidentified attacker

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    A Jewish man was the subject of a near-fatal antisemitic attack in Brooklyn on October 28, in an incident that the NYPD is investigating as a hate crime.

    Jewish man named Sadya Liberow his face was cut while walking at the intersection between Flatbush and Lafayette Avenues.

    Liberow, a father of two daughters under the age of three, was approached by a masked man and shouted, “Fuck you kids,” which Liberow said was clearly a reference to Jews. The attacker cut Liberow’s face with a knife before running away from the scene.

    After the attacker left, Liberow called 911 and Hatzalah himself and then tied his shirt around his face to stop the bleeding, his mother, Nechama, said. Jerusalem Post.

    Sayda Liberow called the attack on her a “brutal act of hatred.” Increase in Jewish hate crimes In our city, our state and our country.”

    Screenshot of a suspect wanted for stabbing a Jewish man in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City, on October 29, 2024. (Source: NYPD Crime Stoppers)

    “I believe the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit will treat this case with the seriousness it deserves and hopefully catch the anti-Semitic, masked individual before other Jews are targeted and attacked,” he added.

    Nechama said Liberow needed 18 internal and external stitches and two hours of facial plastic surgery to close the wound, which stretched from the corner of his mouth to his ear. Jerusalem Post. She added that her son now had difficulty speaking and sleeping and was unable to eat solid food for several days.

    “I was walking down the street to go to the Apple store and instead I got hit in the face,” Liberow told NBC New York. “I felt blood running down my face.”

    Liberow’s mother, Nechama, told NBC: “(The attacker) approached my son and said: ‘Fuck you guys. ‘Friends’ are us. ‘Guys’ is the Jewish community. “I cannot remain silent when so many Jews are being attacked.”

    The identity of the attacker has not yet been determined

    In his meeting with him ExposureNechama thanked the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit for their assistance in finding the attacker, but noted the difficulties the investigative team faced because the attacker was fully masked, wore a puffy coat and had the sides of his eyes almost completely covered. be defined.

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    According to NYPD, there were 312 incidents antisemitic Hate crimes have been committed so far in 2024. 230 hate crimes will be recorded in 2023.

    The Jewish Hate Database called on authorities to take swift and decisive action and also called on law enforcement and local leaders to condemn acts of hate.

    The organization will offer a $1,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of the attacker.



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