Jewish Businessman Murdered in Dnepropetrovsk
One of the most influential Jews in the Ukraine was murdered on Shabbat, one week after a Kiev yeshiva student was brutally attacked.
Police said that Genadie Axelrod was assassinated in Dnepropetrovsk by an armed bicyclist because of large debts and not because of anti-Semitism. The Jewish community was shocked by the murder and demanded that police find the killer and bring him to trial.
Last week, Aharon Alexander Gorshonov was attacked as he left the central Kiev synagogue Saturday night. A donor flew him to Israel two days later on a private plane for medical care, and he is in serious condition in a Tel Aviv hospital.
The murder of Axelrod came three months after Axelrod, Genadie Korban and Oleg Levin suffered injuries when a homemade bomb exploded under a sofa in a Dnepropetrovsk café where their were eating, according to media n the Ukraine.
Axelrod and Levin were part owners of a financial consortium that owes a large sum of money, Their company reportedly filed for bankruptcy two years ago, allowing the company to avoid paying off its debts.
Their firm became involved in allegedly disguised business transactions to hide their assets.
Reality Check
Hey it’s the Wild West out there. This time it’s Jews who happen to be the cowboys!
Boruch dayan emes.
ayl
this is terrible. who do they owe money to? jews?
The doctor
I do not think it makes sense or even fair to bring these absolutely different and separate cases of attacks on Jews in the same article. One is obviously is a retaliation for stolen/taken/misappropriated money and attack on the yeshiva student is a hate crime. The hate crime bothers me more. It is still not safe there for Jews, the people are as anti-Semitic as ever.