Suspect Arrested in Attack on Jewish Man in Times Square

Suspect Arrested in Attack on Jewish Man in Times Square
A police officer in a file photograph in New York. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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NEW YORK—A man was arrested and several others were being sought in connection with an attack on a Jewish man in New York City’s Times Square that drew the attention of several politicians and is being investigated as a hate crime, police said on Friday.

The attack on Thursday, captured in a video that was shared on social media, followed rival pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in midtown Manhattan over the fighting in Gaza, which ended in a ceasefire hours later. The demonstrations resulted in 26 arrests.