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| David Flores after being beaten by Shomrim |
A member of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish vigilante group called Shomrim Patrol, is accused of yelling “Kill him, he’s a f**king Muslim,” at a Christian man, according to a report in the New York Post.
"I hope you die, you son of a b***h,'' one of the Shomrim Patrol men told David Flores, 37, before he began shooting his gun in self defense.
Flores, who is Christian, but thinks that the vigilantes of the Borough Park Shomrim Patrol mistook his religion because he was wearing a little knitted cap, was shot in the left arm.
Flores, a Brooklyn native who now lives in Pennsylvania, said he was just driving from his childhood home to a nearby bakery to buy some pastries, when a van stopped in front of him.
A mob of about 20 Hasidic men quickly surrounded his car, began to beat the windows and kicking the doors, while one Shomrim member brandished a black gun, Flores said.
The Shomrim members claimed that he had been masturbating in his car.
"They said: 'Get him out of the car, he's a f**king Muslim,'" Flores said. "They had a look that was full rage.
They wanted my blood,” he said.
Flores said that when he opened the door to try to escape, he was ripped apart.
"I was being punched, kicked and thrown like a rag doll," Flores, who had a small .22 caliber pistol in his pocket, said.
"I pulled out my gun and started shooting," Flores said.
"I wanted the attack to stop. I never meant to hurt anyone," he added.