Three men are in custody after turning themselves in for a stomach-churning assault at a San Jose restaurant that left two Israeli-American victims battered and the community on edge.
An assault on two Israeli-American men outside Augustine restaurant in San Jose's Santana Row, where attackers used antisemitic slurs after overhearing Hebrew and spotting a Star of David necklace, causing minor injuries.
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The suspects — Ramon Akoyans, 18, Roma Akoyans, 20, and Bruneil Chamaki, 32 — surrendered to San Jose police on Monday, roughly a week after they allegedly targeted two men speaking Hebrew outside Augustine, a restaurant on Santana Row.
The broad-daylight attack, which investigators are probing as a potential hate crime, was caught on video and has since gone viral. Three men, wearing black T-shirts, repeatedly pummel someone on the ground in the video from KTVU.
“The victims alleged that the suspects used antisemitic language during the altercation,” police said last week.
