(JTA) — Two Brooklyn teenagers have been arrested in the beating and robbery of a 60-year-old Jewish man in the New York City borough.
Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were arrested Thursday, the New York Post reported, and were charged with robbery and assault. The attack is not considered a hate crime.
The attack on the kippah-wearing victim, whose first name is Eli, took place Sunday in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, a neighborhood with a large Orthodox Jewish population. It was recorded on a nearby home’s surveillance video.
Eli was punched at least four times and thrown to the sidewalk. With the help of an accomplice, the assailant then stole the victim’s iPhone and wallet. The two assailants fled the scene in a black car driven by a third man, according to WPIX-TV.
The following day, a 17-year-old yeshiva student was attacked in the same neighborhood.
“I’m just in complete shock over the recent spate of violence and brutality,” New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind told Yeshiva World News following the second attack.
Shomrim, a Jewish security patrol, reportedly stepped up its activity in the neighborhood after the attacks.
