Authorities are investigating the second incident in a month in which a Jewish student attending the University of Pittsburgh was attacked, possibly motivated by the victim’s religion.
The FBI, which is currently assisting University of Pittsburgh Police, said it has opened its own investigation.
According to university police, the student was walking off campus early Friday morning when a group of six to eight men assaulted the unidentified victim.
A bystander intervened and ended the assault,” Pittsburgh University Police said in a news release in which it described the incident as a “Hate Crime/Assault.”The student’s condition was not immediately clear.
Friday’s attack follows an Aug. 29 incident at Pitt in which two Jewish students were attacked by a man wielding a glass bottle.
Persons:
, Jarrett Buba
Organizations:
University of Pittsburgh, FBI, of Pittsburgh Police, Pittsburgh University Police
Locations:
Pitt