Jewish man wearing kippah assaulted by taxi driver in Montreal
Much of the incident was captured on a security camera.
By MARCY OSTER/JTAA man wears a kippa. (photo credit: REUTERS)
A Jewish man wearing a yarmulke was assaulted by a taxi driver in Montreal.The taxi driver was blocking the door to an underground garage at a condo building Sunday in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal. When the driver of a car honked to signal that he should move away from the door, the taxi driver apparently noted the other driver’s kippah and shouted, “I won’t move for any f***ing Jews!” He also threatened to kill the other driver.The victim then attempted to photograph the taxi number in order to file a complaint, at which point the driver exited his car and punched the Jewish man repeatedly and shouted anti-Semitic slurs until a parking supervisor intervened, B’nai Brith Canada said in a statement. The victim’s phone also was smashed. The victim required attention at a local hospital.Much of the incident was captured on a security camera.A woman who intervened was reportedly struck by the taxi driver.“This is a shocking anti-Semitic hate crime, in which someone could have been gravely injured or even killed,” said Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer of B’nai Brith Canada.
