A New York grand jury indicted five Orthodox Jewish teenagers in a hate crime. They were charged with second-degree gang assault and third-degree menacing of a 24-year-old Pakistani immigrant, according to a statement issued Feb. 1 by Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes and reported in Newsday. Three of the teens face sentences of up to 15 years; two juveniles will be tried in family court.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
