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Authorities are investigating the second incident in a month in which a Jewish student attending the University of Pittsburgh was attacked, possibly motivated by the victim’s religion. The FBI, which is currently assisting University of Pittsburgh Police, said it has opened its own investigation. According to university police, the student was walking off campus early Friday morning when a group of six to eight men assaulted the unidentified victim.
The FBI, which is assisting campus police, has opened a separate investigation into the assault to determine whether it constituted a federal hate crime. The university said in a statement Friday that it 'unequivocally condemns antisemitism.' 'Any violence or antisemitic acts against our community will not be tolerated,' it said. 'Regardless of who it comes from, or who it is directed at, hate of any kind has no place in our community.' Friday’s attack follows an Aug.
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