Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Two Jewish teenagers were attacked with
paintballs in Brooklyn on Friday night as they were coming home from synagogue
with their grandfather.
The two Orthodox teens, according to officials at the New York Police
Department, were struck while walking on Morton Street and Juliana Place in
Williamsburg at around 8:50 p.m.
The younger boy, 13, was hit on his left foot, while the elder, 16, was hit
in the eye and on his arm, police said. Their grandfather, 65, was not struck.
Police are considering the assault in the heavily Jewishly-populated
neighborhood a bias, or hate, crime.
