2024-03-03 05:01:12
This content was published on March 3, 2024 – 07:01
(Keystone-ATS) A 15-year-old boy stabbed an Orthodox Jew in the city of Zurich on Saturday evening, putting his life in danger. The suspect was arrested at the scene, police said during the night from Saturday to Sunday.
The injured man, aged 50, had to be hospitalized, Zurich municipal police said in a press release. The attack took place following an argument around 9:30 p.m.
The context and how the events unfolded are not yet clear. Ongoing investigations explicitly include the possibility of an anti-Semitic motivated crime, according to the press release.
Anti-Semitic incidents increased in Switzerland at the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7. The Intercommunity Coordination once morest Anti-Semitism and Defamation (CICAD) recently published a report showing a 68% increase in anti-Semitic acts in one year. Nearly half of them occurred following October 7.
The Federal Council indicated at the beginning of February that it agreed to develop a strategy and an action plan once morest racism and anti-Semitism. The possibility of appointing a new delegate for the fight once morest racism and anti-Semitism must also be evaluated.
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