Victim says knife attack was anti-Semitic

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Last Updated : Nov 15 2015 | 1:42 AM IST
A Jewish man attacked with a knife by a lone assailant in Milan says the attack was motivated by anti-Semitic sentiment.
Nathan Graff was quoted Saturday by the Italian daily La Repubblica, saying he believes the attacker "had just one goal: to kill an Orthodox Jew, to strike at our community here in Milan and scare us."
Graff, 40, was attacked with a knife from behind near a kosher pizzeria in Milan, suffering multiple wounds to his back, face and arm. Graff is bearded and wore a yarmulke at the time.
The news agency ANSA quoted the Israeli ambassador to Italy, Naor Gilon, as saying it was an anti-Semitic act.
Prosecutors have yet to add the aggravating circumstance of racial hatred to the attempted murder investigation.
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First Published: Nov 15 2015 | 1:42 AM IST

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