Jewish Group

The teenager is accused of committing the anti-Semitic attacks minutes apart on August 21. The two men were on their way to a prayer service in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, police said.

In the first incident, a group of people approached a 72-year-old man just south of the Williamsburg Bridge approach in the Brooklyn side, near Lee Avenue and Taylor Street. One person in the group sprayed the man with the fire extinguisher shortly after 6am, cops said.

Then the group quickly moved to the north side of the bridge approach and allegedly sprayed a 66-year-old man with the extinguisher at the intersection of Roebling and Third streets, police said. The victim was also punched in the face.

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