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Report: Jewish man in critical condition after assaulted by neo-Nazis in Ukraine

A Jewish man is in critical condition after being assaulted by a neo-Nazi gang in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the city’s Jewish community reported on Monday, as local police attempted to determine the motivation behind the incident.

According to Jewish community representatives, an ultra-Orthodox student by the name of Aharon Alexander, 25, was attacked by skinheads near Kiev’s central synagogue.

Other than a severe injury to his head, the Jewish man also reportedly suffered bruises in his upper body.

Following the incident, a meeting is scheduled for Tuesday participated by chief rabbi of the Ukrainian Jewish community Moshe Reuven Asman, Israel’s ambassador to the country Reuven Diner, and the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Yanukovich.

Speaking with Haaretz, the head of Kiev’s Jewish community Yaakov Zilberman said that the community was “disturbed by the assault” and intends to “act against a cover-up of incident as well as of the rise in anti-Semitism.”