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Man arrested in hate crime attack on Jewish college students in Chicago

An Illinois man has been charged in the violent hate crime attack on two Jewish students at DePaul University last year. 

Adam Erkan, 20, is facing four felony charges, including two counts of hate crime and two counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. 

Prosecutors allege that Erkan attacked Max Long and Michael Kaminsky while the pair were peacefully advocating for Israel on DePaul University’s campus in Chicago on Nov. 6. Authorities said at the time that they were also looking for a second suspect.

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Adam Erkan was arrested for allegedly attacking two Jewish college students at DePaul University

Adam Erkan, 20, is facing four felony charges, including two counts of hate crime and two counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, stemming from an alleged attack on two Jewish students at DePaul University last year. (Chicago Police Department)

Erkan, who was not a student at the university, allegedly approached Long while…

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