Police say Paul Kessler fell backwards and hit his head on ground and death is being treated as a homicide
A Jewish man who fell backwards and hit his head during an altercation amid pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian street protests inPaul Kessler, 69, died of blunt force head trauma a day after the altercation on Sunday, the Ventura County sheriff’s office said, adding that witnesses described the incident as battery.
Kessler was involved in a physical altercation between counterprotesters, the sheriff’s office said, citing witness accounts. It did not specify which side instigated the altercation. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles identified the victim as a Jewish man and said it was the fourth act of antisemitic violence in the LA area this year and the second since the attacks in southern Israel by Hamas on 7 October.
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