The Justice Department has charged a 20-year-old New York man with federal hate crimes for allegedly assaulting Jewish individuals at anti-Israel protests between 2024 and 2025.

Tarek Bazrouk was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with three counts of committing hate crimes for allegedly targeting and assaulting Jewish people at three separate New York City protests related to Israel’s war against Hamas.

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, for the Southern District of New York, said that Bazrouk “allegedly remained undeterred and quickly returned to using violence” after each incident “[d]espite being arrested.”

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