Shocking video footage of a Charedi man being brutally assaulted in the middle of a New York street on Sunday morning has gone viral, with the victim describing how he had “feared for his life.”
Lipa Schwartz, 62, was on his way to his synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, when he was attacked by Farrukh Afzal, a 37 year old taxi driver.
The surveillance camera footage shows Mr Afzal savagely beating Mr Schwartz around the head and neck and throwing him to the ground when he tried to get up, before chasing another Orthodox Jewish man who had tried to intervene.
At one point, Mr Schwartz attempted to pick up his bag holding his tallit and tefillin, only to be prevented from doing so by Mr Afzal.
