Man gets 30 months in prison for ‘hate-fueled’ attack on victim he thought was Jewish

(Cincinnati Enquirer) A Huber Heights man who beat up a man he believed was Jewish outside a Cincinnati restaurant in 2017 was sentenced Tuesday to two and [a] half years in prison.

Izmir Koch, 34, was outside the restaurant on Feb. 4, 2017, yelling “I want to kill all of the Jews” and “I want to stab the Jews,” according to prosecutors.

After a man … who had stepped outside the restaurant to smoke a cigarette said he was Jewish, Koch and his companions attacked him, court documents state.

Prosecutors said the victim suffered a broken facial bone and bruised ribs.

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