Metadata

• When: 2023-10-11

• Where: Columbia University

• Who:

• Organizations:

• Tags: #Assault

Description

• An Israeli student (General Studies) was allegedly beaten with a stick outside Butler Library

• The physical altercation occurred after the attacker started tearing down hostage posters

• The student said he will not be returning to campus in the near future due to concerns for his safety

• The suspect, Maxwell Friedman, of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with an assault

Media

• General Studies student allegedly assaulted in front of Butler Library, suspect arrested and charged, NYPD says, by Rebecca Massel, Isabella Ramirez, and Esha Karam, Columbia Spectator, October 12, 2023

• Israeli student attacked with a stick outside Columbia University library: cops, by Amanda Woods and Olivia Land, NY Post, October 12, 2023

• ‘Don’t Feel Safe’: Jewish Columbia Student Says He Was Attacked By Pro-Palestinian Activist, by Olga Benacerraf, October 12, 2023

• Assailant in stick attack of Israeli Columbia University student charged with hate crime by Amanda Woods, NY Post, October 13, 2023

• https://forward.com/news/564648/columbia-university-rally-israel-palestine-student-assault/ by: Camilla Barons, Forward, October 12, 2023

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