Three men indicted on 64 counts for Brooklyn anti-Semitic crimes

• Published date: 08 June 2021
• Date: 08 June 2021
• Author: Dan Verbin
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

On Monday, Danial Shaukat, 20, Haider Anjam, 20, and Ashan Azad 19, all from Brooklyn, were charged with a total of 64 charges, including assault, attempted assault, aggravated harassment and menacing. Most of the charges will be tried as hate crimes.

According to prosecutors, on Saturday, May 22, two Jewish teenagers walking down Ocean Parkway were allegedly accosted by two men who exited a blue Toyota Camry and attempted to force them to say "Free Palestine."

When the teens did not comply, the men punched them in the back of the head, the face and the mouth. The second teen was also choked.

The teens broke free and began running off. One of the assailants took a cricket bat out of the Camry's trunk. Then the two men, along with the Camry's driver, began chasing the two teens.

The teens were saved by a...