Posted on 05/20/21
| News Source: i24
Caravan of pro-Palestinian men exited convoy of cars and attacked Jewish men in Beverly Grove area
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating whether a Tuesday night attack on a group of Jewish men dining in the Beverly Grove neighborhood was in fact potentially a hate crime perpetrated by a pro-Palestinian group.
The attack took place in the Beverly Grove neighborhood in western Los Angeles, where there is a significant Jewish community, just hours after an afternoon demonstration near the Israeli consulate at which the Palestinian Youth Movement organized.
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According to eyewitnesses, a caravan waving Palestinian flags approached the Sushi Fumi on the 300 block of North La Cienega Boulevard, when men dressed mostly in black got out of the cars physically attacking Jewish diners.
A group of men then went downstairs to ask some of the restaurant's customers if they were "Jews." Two of them replied in the affirmative, which triggered the violence, according to the reports.
The LAPD said it was investigating the incident, assessing whether it was a crime "motivated by hate."
No arrests had yet been made as of Wednesday afternoon. Read more at i24