David, a young Jewish man wearing a kippah, who was on his way to his parents' building in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, was severely beaten by two unknown men of African origin - who shouted anti-Semitic slogans at him.
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The young man, who was trying to pick up his daughter from his parents' house, was attacked from behind.
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The attackers shouted at him while beating him: "You Jew, we will kill you.".
David said: "I came to pick up my seven-month-old daughter who was at my parents'. Two young men, complete strangers, relatively well-dressed, in their twenties, appeared behind me as I entered the building's access code. They got into the elevator with me. When I got to my parents' floor, they jumped up and grabbed my throat. I tried to scream. I was only a few meters from their door, but they couldn't hear because the doors were massive.".
He said, "One choked me and in the process the other punched me. Then they opened the emergency exit door and threw me out. I ran up the stairs. But they hit me again and tore the watch off my wrist and choked me again. I saw death. You have no more strength. You're not breathing anymore. You just want it to end.".
Eventually, David's father, worried that his son had not arrived, opened the apartment door and heard the attackers running up the stairs.
""I think without him they would have left me to die," David said.
