Man pleads guilty to targeting Ohio State students in antisemitic attack

US Justice department secures conviction of Ohio an who mauled Jewish students

He was charged with and later admitted to violating the Hate Crimes Prevention Act and could spend as much as a decade in prison, pending sentencing. By Dion J. Pierre, The Algemeiner US federal law enforcement officials on Friday secured a guilty plea from a man who assaulted two Jewish students at The Ohio State University (OSU) in November 2023, amid an explosion of antisemitism precipitated by the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre across southern Is…

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Jewish Students

A 20-year-old Ohio man has pleaded guilty in federal court to violently attacking two Jewish students near The Ohio State University simply because of their religious identity. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed the plea as a hate crime under federal law. Timur Mamatov, of Tipp City, Ohio, admitted to approaching a group of five students outside a Columbus bar on November 10, 2023. He asked one student if he was Jewish after spotting a Cha…

US Justice Department Secures Conviction of Ohio Man Who Mauled Jewish Students

Timur Mamatov, 20. Photo: Screenshot. US federal law enforcement officials on Friday secured a guilty plea from a man who assaulted two Jewish students at The Ohio State University (OSU) in November 2023, amid an explosion of antisemitism precipitated by the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel. As previously reported by the Algemeiner, five Jewish students returning home from an off-campus event were brutally assaulted by two men wh…

Ohio man admits to federal hate crime for antisemitic attack on Jewish students at Ohio State

An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Friday to a federal hate crime for assaulting two Jewish students at the Ohio State University in November 2023 after asking if they were Jewish.

Ohio man admits to federal hate crime for antisemitic attack on Jewish students at Ohio State - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Friday to a federal hate crime for assaulting two Jewish students at the Ohio State University in November 2023 after asking if they were Jewish. The Justice Department announced Friday that Timur Mamatov, 20, of Tipp City, Ohio, had pleaded guilty to violating the Hate Crimes Prevention Act for a Nov. 10, 2023, altercation between him and five OSU students outside of a bar in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to the incident, …

Ohio Man Admits to Assaulting Students Simply Because They Were Jewish

“No American should fear being violently attacked based on their religious beliefs”