Police say young men last night severely beat the two students, who study at Kyiv's main synagogue.
Kyiv police spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk said one of the students was in a coma after undergoing brain surgery. He said police were hunting for the suspected assailants, aged 16 to 18, who apparently belonged to a skinhead nationalist group.
Reports said at least one of the victims is an Israeli citizen.
Kyiv Chief Rabbi Yakov Blaih said authorities are doing too little to counter growing anti-Semitism from Ukrainian nationalists.
Ukraine has a Jewish population of about 100,000.
(AP)
Kyiv police spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk said one of the students was in a coma after undergoing brain surgery. He said police were hunting for the suspected assailants, aged 16 to 18, who apparently belonged to a skinhead nationalist group.
Reports said at least one of the victims is an Israeli citizen.
Kyiv Chief Rabbi Yakov Blaih said authorities are doing too little to counter growing anti-Semitism from Ukrainian nationalists.
Ukraine has a Jewish population of about 100,000.
(AP)
