Michigan State sophomore Zach Tennen was attending a party off campus when he says two men asked if he was Jewish before shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ and performing Nazi salutes. Then the attack began.
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| Zachary Tennen at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. / Courtesy photo |
Source/Credit: New York Daily News
By Victoria Cavaliere | August 28, 2012
Alleged anti-Semitic attack leaves Michigan State student with mouth stapled shut, broken jaw
A 19-year-old Michigan college student was recovering Tuesday after he says his jaw was broken and his mouth stapled shut in a vicious beating that allegedly started because he is Jewish.
Zach Tennen, a sophomore at Michigan State University, said he was at an off-campus party in East Lansing early Sunday when he was approached by two males who asked if he was Jewish. They then raised their arms in a Nazi salute and yelled "Heil Hitler," he said.
"They said they were part of the KKK," he said.
Tennen was knocked unconscious and while he was out, he says his mouth was stapled shut. When he woke, he stumbled from the house, taking a taxi to a nearby hospital.
The East Lansing Police Department told the Daily News Tuesday it had identified one possible suspect.
“Two witnesses said they saw the victim having an argument with two other males in the front yard and one punched him (Tennen) in the face,” Capt. Jeff Murphy said.
“There was nothing about anti-Semitic statements or about his face being stapled,” Murphy said.
The witnesses said party-goers gave Tennen frozen vegetables for his face and put him in a taxi.
“I’m not sure why nobody called police,” Capt. Murphy said.
Police were not informed of the incident until 12 hours later, he added.
Tennen says he suffered a broken jaw "right below my bottom teeth, in the middle.”
“ It cracked and goes down into my chin," he told WDID.
Police said it was too early to call the assault a hate crime.
“The real telling thing will be when we can finally talk to the victim,” Murphy said.
But Tennen’s mother has no question about what happened.
"It's an awful hate crime, and what he's gone through emotionally and physically, it's scary to put it into words," Tina Tennen told the Detroit Free Press.
Tennen had surgery on his jaw and is recovering in his parent's suburban Detroit home.
"Thanks for the support everyone," he tweeted Monday night.
Tennen, a journalism major and huge basketball fan, said he intends to go back to school and continue his studies this semester.
vcavaliere@nydailynews.com
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