Police: Man injured 2 Jewish Pitt students with glass bottle near Cathedral of Learning | 31 Aug 2024 | A man attacked two Jewish University of Pittsburgh students with a glass bottle as they walked through campus Friday evening near the Cathedral of Learning, according to authorities. The suspect, 52-year-old Jarrett Buba of Oakland [a district in Pittsburgh], had been sitting at a table across Forbes Avenue from where the students were walking when he ran across the street and attacked them about 6 p.m., police reported in a criminal complaint. Police said Mr. Buba was wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional checkered scarf that has come to represent Palestinian solidarity amid the Israel-Hamas war. One of the students had cuts on his face and the other was bleeding from cuts on his neck, according to police. Police said both students were wearing yarmulkes, the traditional cap worn by Jewish men.

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