Milan security stepped up after Israeli Jew stabbed

The victim, identified as Nathan Graff, was knifed multiple times by an unknown assailant on Thursday. His injuries are not life-threatening.

The motive for the attack is unclear but police are investigating whether it was a hate crime.

Several Israelis have been stabbed by Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Bank in recent weeks.

Mr Graff was attacked outside a kosher restaurant. Police are still searching for the assailant.

A statement from Milan's Jewish community said it hoped the attack was an isolated incident.

"We have never had problems in Milan. We don't think this was a personal affair - there is nothing to suggest that," the community's co-president Milo Hasbani told reporters, according to Reuters.

 

(BBC)