Queen Deborah of Palestine Condemns Paris Anti-Semitic Attack

Teen brutally beaten in apparent anti-Semitic attack in Paris

22 June 2008

PARIS - A 17-year-old French Jew was attacked on Saturday night in Paris, a violent assault condemned by President Nicolas Sarkozy and that Jewish organizations said was motivated by anti-Semitism.

The young man, identified as Rudy Haddad by one Jewish organization, was attacked by youths of African origin, according to a police source and a statement from the National Agency of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism.

The agency cited the use of iron bars in the attack. Haddad is suffering from "serious neurological problems," a police source said.

Another Jewish group, the Union of French Jewish Students, said Haddad had been identified as Jewish because he was wearing a kippa (skull cap), and had suffered several broken ribs, a fractured skull and was now in intensive care at a hospital in central Paris.

"The victim was wearing a kippa and was on his way back home, when his attackers, after identifying him as Jewish, started to beat him," the union said.

The exact number of attackers was not immediately known, ranging from 6 or 7 up to 30, depending on sources. Haddad's father told French radio RTL there were around 15 attackers.

A police source said that five youths had been taken into police custody.

The assault was immediately condemned by Sarkozy, who embarks on a three day visit to Israel on Sunday, aimed at reinforcing his image as its ally.

"[Sarkozy] assures the victim and his family of his support and renews his total determination to fight all forms of racism and anti-Semitism," said a statement from Sarkozy's office.

France's Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie expressed her "profound emotion" and announced in a statement the launch of an investigation to determine the circumstances of the attack.

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