Anti-Israel agitator charged in violent hate crime attack on two Jewish college students

An Illinois antheral has been charged successful the convulsive hatred transgression onslaught connected 2 Jewish students astatine DePaul University past year. 

Adam Erkan, 20, is facing 4 felony charges, including 2 counts of hatred transgression and 2 counts of aggravated artillery causing large bodily harm. 

Prosecutors allege that Erkan attacked Max Long and Michael Kaminsky portion the brace were peacefully advocating for Israel connected DePaul University’s field successful Chicago connected Nov. 6. Authorities said astatine the clip that they were besides looking for a 2nd suspect.

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Adam Erkan, 20, is facing 4 felony charges, including 2 counts of hatred transgression and 2 counts of aggravated artillery causing large bodily harm, stemming from an alleged onslaught connected 2 Jewish students astatine DePaul University past year. (Chicago Police Department)

Erkan, who was not a pupil astatine the university, allegedly approached Long portion wearing a face-covering and making antisemitic slurs, according to police. A 2nd fishy past struck Long from down and yet turned connected Kaminsky erstwhile helium attempted to measurement successful to help, constabulary said. 

The Cook County Prosecutor's Office and Chicago Police Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment. 

Erkan’s begetter identified him to constabulary aft surveillance footage captured Erkan fleeing the country successful a 2011 Silver Toyota RAV-4, according to prosecutors. 

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Max Long and Michael Kaminsky talk with Fox News' Mike Tobin astir being attacked astatine DePaul University successful Chicago. (Fox News)

Authorities were capable to get video footage of the incident, and constabulary are inactive searching for the 2nd suspect. 

Fox News Digital was incapable to find an lawyer representing Erkan. 

Long, an Israeli Defense Forces reservist, mislaid consciousness and suffered a encephalon wounded from the attack, portion Kaminsky sustained a fractured wrist and required surgery. 

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The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has released images of 2 suspects wanted for attacking 2 Jewish students adjacent DePaul University successful what instrumentality enforcement is describing arsenic a "battery/hate crime." (Chicago Police Department)

"It’s decidedly immoderate consciousness of relief," Long said, adding, "I’ve said galore times, I felt safer having the enactment of my squad successful the service astir maine successful Gaza than I bash a batch of times connected my ain assemblage field successful Chicago."

Erkan was arrested extracurricular his location earlier this week and made his archetypal quality successful tribunal connected Thursday. A justice ordered Erkan to beryllium held without bail arsenic helium awaits trial. 

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"We are highly grateful for the enactment of the constabulary who investigated this lawsuit and apprehended the suspect," DePaul University officials said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "The fishy is not a subordinate of the DePaul community. Acts of hatred and unit person nary spot astatine DePaul. We condemn antisemitism successful each its forms and basal successful solidarity with those affected by this reprehensible act." 

Earlier this month, Long and Kaminsky filed a suit alongside The Lawfare Project against DePaul University, alleging that officials allowed antisemitic rhetoric to infiltrate the campus. 

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"We admit the enactment the Chicago Police Department did to place and apprehend this suspect, and expect the State Attorney to vigorously prosecute this arsenic the conspiracy and hatred transgression onslaught it was," Gerard Filitti, The Lawfare Project Senior Counsel, said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

"We person each assurance that the 2nd attacker volition beryllium apprehended shortly. As the justice made wide astatine yesterday’s hearing, the grounds shows a program to onslaught Max and Michael, and its methodical implementation. It is highly important that the defendant, Adam Erkan, was denied bail, intelligibly signaling that helium remains a information to the Jewish community, and mounting an important precedent successful the prosecution of hatred crimes."

Fox News' Max Bacall and Mike Tobin contributed to this report.