A 17-year-old Muslim Swiss teen was sentenced to one year in prison for the attempted murder of an Orthodox Jewish man, but the sentence was suspended as Swiss authorities consider placing him in a rehabilitation facility instead. The teen stabbed the victim 17 times outside a synagogue in Zurich while shouting 'Allahu Akbar', prosecutors said. The judge called the attack 'an unconscionable act.'
A 17-year-old Muslim Swiss teen was sentenced to one year in prison for the attempted murder of an Orthodox Jewish man in Zurich, but the sentence was immediately suspended on Wednesday as Swiss authorities weigh whether to place him in a rehabilitation facility instead. Prosecutors said the teen, radicalized after Hamas's October 7 massacre, stabbed the victim 17 times outside a synagogue while shouting 'Allahu Akbar.' The victim survived after emergency surgery.
As The Zioneer reported on July 5, the then-15-year-old attacked a Haredi Jew outside a Zurich synagogue, stabbing him 17 times. At the time, Swiss juvenile law limited the maximum sentence to one year. The court has now imposed that maximum but stayed it, citing the possibility of rehabilitation. The judge called the attack 'an unconscionable act,' stating, 'Killing Jews simply because they are Jews is an unconscionable act.'
The Swiss authorities' decision on whether to place the teen in a rehabilitation facility has not yet been announced. The suspended sentence means he will not serve prison time unless the rehabilitation option is rejected or he violates terms.
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