On Thursday, a rabbi was attacked on a Vienna street by a knife-wielding woman shouting, "Slaughter all Jews" in German. Though she was unable to stab the rabbi, she knocked his kippa off his head before fleeing. Police have launched a search.
The below article from Die Presse is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://www.diepresse.com/5904198/antisemitischer-angriff-auf-rabbiner
Anti-Semitic attack on rabbi
During the attack, woman screamed anti-Semitic words
Vienna: an anti-Semitic attack upon a rabbi occurred Thursday in Vienna-Landstrasse (a district in Vienna), the Interior Ministry announced Friday. A woman threatened the rabbi at a bus stop with a knife, tore his kippa from his head, and tried to kick him. At the same time, the attacker screamed, "Slaughter all Jews". The rabbi was uninjured.
Sharp reactions
"Jew hatred and anti-Semitism have no place in our society. My solidarity is with all Jewesses and Jews living in Austria," tweeted Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had already reacted, Thursday night: "I condemn the anti-Semitic attack on a rabbi in Vienna in the sharpest terms. We must fight anti-Semitism with all our determination and do everything to enable Jewish life here in Austria to be safe. Because Europe without Jews is no longer Europe," declared Kurz. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer added: "In addition to strengthened protection for synagogues all measures will be taken to quickly clear up this obviously anti-Semitic-motivated attack. There is no tolerance for anti-Semitism." The president of the Vienna Jewish Religious Community, Oskar Deutsch, described the attack as, "a disturbing incident that has unsettled many."
The attacker is about 50 years old and 170 centimeters tall, and wore a grey coat (Editor).
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