The man who attacked an Israeli tourist Tuesday in Zurich admitted he had anti- Semitic motives. The suspect, who turned himself in to the police, said he had specifically targeted Eli Yehuda Naftali because he was Jewish, according to the Zurich prosecutor. Naftali, 48, remains in serious but stable condition in a Zurich hospital.
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