Rome: Jewish tourist with kippah attacked with pepper spray by migrant

A Jewish tourist, a French citizen, was attacked twice in Rome by a homeless man of Algerian origin, who sprayed him with pepper spray and beat him along with three others while shouting 'Free Palestine'. Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani condemned the anti-Semitic attack and expressed solidarity with the Jewish community. Local police declined to comment.

A Jewish tourist, a French citizen visiting Rome, was attacked twice by a homeless man of Algerian origin, who identified him as Jewish due to the kippah on his head. According to a report in the French newspaper 'Le Parisien', the attacker sprayed him with pepper spray on Friday, and a day later, along with three other men, beat him again. In both cases, the attacker shouted 'Free Palestine'. Local police refused to comment on the incident. Italy's Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani, strongly condemned the anti-Semitic attack, expressed solidarity with the Jewish community, and stressed that Italy will always stand by freedom of religion and coexistence. The article also mentions a previous incident last week, in which an Egyptian asylum seeker attacked a Jewish teenager in a restaurant in central Rome; the attacker was arrested and is expected to be deported.