A yeshiva student in Ukraine was attacked in Kiev. Azariy Menaker was attacked by three young men Sunday in a Kiev subway station. The student took his air gun and fired at the attackers, who were later detained by the police. Rabbi Moshe Azman, one of Ukraine’s chief rabbis, said the student was attacked because he wore Orthodox Jewish garb.
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