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Police: Mich. student attack not likely hate crime

By Mike Householder
Published August 28, 2012 4:00am ET
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Police: Mich. student attack not likely hate crime
In this undated photo provided by Bruce Tennen, Zachary Tennen, a 19-year-old Michigan State University sophomore, is shown. Police say an attack on the Michigan State University student at an off-campus party is not being investigated as a hate crime. Tennen told East Lansing, Mich., police his attackers asked if he was Jewish, and when he responded "yes," he was punched in the face. Tennen, from the Detroit suburb of Franklin, was recovering Tuesday from jaw surgery. He says the assault took place early Sunday at an off-campus party. (AP Photo/Provided by Bruce Tennen) | AP

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan State University student said he was attacked at an off-campus party by two men who asked if he was Jewish, and when he said he was, punched him and then stapled his mouth.

“It’s shameful that in 21st century America, such religious hatred exists in our country,” Zach Tennen, a 19-year-old sophomore, said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. “No one should ever be subjected to the horror I experienced.”

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