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April 8, 2002
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An elderly Jewish leader was stabbed in a Ukrainian synagogue. In the March 29 attack in the western city of Lutsk, a young man allegedly attempted to enter the city’s synagogue, but was stopped by the activist, Boris Tsudechkus. The intruder then stabbed Tsudechkus while yelling anti-Israeli and anti- Semitic slogans.

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