Police: Group attacks man in Brooklyn while making anti-Jewish remarks

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn -- The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is searching for a group of five people who attacked a man in Brooklyn as they made anti-Jewish remarks.

Police say the assault took place Thursday night on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights.

Officers say the group approached a 25-year-old man, made anti-Semitic remarks, then hit him in the head.

The victim was not seriously injured.

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