Multiple Orthodox Jewish men were attacked in Montreal's Outremont area on Shabbos night, with suspects in a vehicle snatching shtreimlach and assaulting four victims, according to local reports. Police are investigating the attacks as suspected hate crimes.
The incident, which unfolded on Saturday night (local time) in Montreal's Outremont neighborhood, saw suspects in a vehicle targeting visibly Jewish pedestrians. Four men were attacked; in one case, a suspect exited the vehicle near Mehudar and attempted to rip a shtreimel off a passerby before fleeing back into the car as bystanders rushed to help, local reports say. Three shtreimlach were stolen, one victim was reportedly spat on, and another was struck by a thrown beverage can. The attacks follow a similar incident overnight Saturday — as The Zioneer reported earlier Sunday — in which three yeshiva students had their shtreimlach stolen in a separate antisemitic incident. Montreal police have opened an investigation and are treating the spree as suspected hate crimes.
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