Skinheads (Archive photo)
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Skinheads attack 2 Israelis in Belgrade
Jariv Avram and Bojana Petkovic attacked late Sunday during rock music festival in a downtown park by several men wearing Nazi symbols
Two Israeli citizens were severely beaten by a group of skinheads in a Belgrade park in what Jewish leaders here described Tuesday as an anti-Semitic attack.
The two - Jariv Avram, 27, and Bojana Petkovic, 23 - were attacked late Sunday during a rock music festival in a downtown park by several men wearing Nazi symbols, police said.
Avram suffered serious head injuries, while Petkovic was bruised, the two Israelis told Belgrade media.
"They were chanting 'Auschwitz, Auschwitz' and 'Go to Germany' as they attacked us," Avram said, adding police did nothing to protect them.
"This is not the first such anti-Jewish and racist attack by skinheads and other such groups" In Serbia, the Serbian Jewish Community said in a statement. It called for police quickly arrest the perpetrators.
Serbia has seen a surge of anti-Semitism in recent years fueled by Serb nationalists.
Serbia had a 30,000-strong Jewish community before World War II, but less than half survived the Nazi occupation. Many later moved to Israel or to the West.
