Jewish reporter attacked and called ‘Nazi’ as unrest over Covid restrictions intensifies in...

An Orthodox Jewish reporter says he was attacked by an angry group of protesters at a demonstration against coronavirus restrictions in New York City on Wednesday night.

Jacob Kornbluh was reporting on the second night of protests by Orthodox Jews in Borough Park, Brooklyn, when a mob chased after him calling him a “Nazi” and “Hitler”.

Many in the Orthodox Jewish community are angry at the lockdowns imposed on their neighbourhoods in an effort to stop a resurgence in cases of Covid-19 becoming a citywide problem.

Mr Kornbluh blamed his assault on Heshy Tischler, described by The New York Post as an “agitator and aspiring politician”, who is running for City Council. Mr Tischler says he does not condone violence.