The manager of a Judaica bookstore in Manhattan was insulted and punched by a man claiming to be a Muslim on Monday afternoon. The beating happened outside the Upper West Side bookstore on Broadway.
According to a report by JP Updates, Salmon Salczer, 52, the manager of the store, saw the suspect pacing and screaming outside the store. When he went to check on him, the attacker reportedly shouted: "F--- you Jew. I'll kill you. I'm a Muslim!" The suspect then punched Salczer in the face before taking off on a scooter.
Salczer called the police and filed a report, detectives from the Hate Crimes Task Force are now investigating the incident as a hate crime, and are looking for a dark-skinned male believed to be about 20 years old and was wearing a red jacket and blue jeans at the time of the assault.
Salczer and his family have lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years.
