Jewish woman, 70, attacked in London by assailant shouting ‘Jew’ in Polish
The male attacker smashed her head into a brick wall while shouting “Zyd” during the attack.
By JTAPolice officers work at the scene after an attack on Westminster Bridge in London, Britain, March 22, 2017(photo credit: REUTERS)
A 70-year-old Jewish woman was hospitalized with a concussion after being attacked by an assailant who called her “Zyd,” Polish for “Jew.”The male attacker smashed her head into a brick wall while shouting “Zyd” during the attack on Saturday afternoon in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population, the London-based Campaign Against Anti-Semitism reported on its website.The incident was first reported by the London chapter of the Shomrim Jewish neighborhood watch organization.
70y/o Jewish woman required hospital treatment after she was assaulted in an antisemitic attack in #StamfordHill by a man shouting "Żyd" pic.twitter.com/ztw59PH14Z