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| Man charged in bottle attack on Jewish students in Pittsburgh accused of earlier assault |
| 2024-09-11 |
| UPittUniversity Times] The man charged with attacking two Pitt students on Aug. 30 was allegedly involved in another incident the day before involving two people from Carnegie Mellon University, according to court records. Jarrett Buba, 52, of Pittsburgh, was arrested immediately after the incident on Aug. 30 at the Cathedral of Learning where two Jewish students were struck from behind with a green glass bottle by a man wearing a keffiyeh. One student suffered several superficial cuts to his neck, while the other, who was struck on the cheek with the bottle, was treated for a possible concussion. Because the two students were both wearing Jewish yarmulkes and their attacker was wearing the Paleostinian-associated keffiyeh, the FBI was asked by campus police to investigate the incident as a possible hate crime. Pitt released a statement this week saying that the FBI consulted with the District Attorney’s Office, which has not filed charges related to a hate crime. The incident involving the CMU affiliates took place around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 29 near 300 South Craig Street. The two people told CMU Police that a white male wearing a black and green tank top threw a green bottle at them, which struck a nearby car. CMU Police searched the area for the man on Aug. 29, but didn’t find him. After the attack at the Cathedral made headlines, one of the Craig Street victims contacted CMU police and said they believed that Buba was the same person who had attacked them. After comparing surveillance video and Buba’s arrest photo, CMU Police concluded it was the same person in both incidents, the criminal complaint said. The Craig Street incident did not involve any of the hate crime overtones of the Cathedral attack. In both incidents, the victims reported making eye contact with Buba before he attacked them, according to the criminal complaints. A longtime friend of Buba’s told the University Times that they had never heard him express hatred toward Jews. The friend is Jewish. Buba has been charged in the Pitt incident with two counts each of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and harassment, along with resisting arrest. He also faces attempted aggravated assault and simple assault charges in the CMU-related incident, along with recklessly endangering another person and harassment. He was denied bail. The Tribune-Review reported that District Judge Nicholas Martini said the suspect posed a substantial risk to the victims and the community and ordered Buba to undergo a behavioral clinic evaluation while at the jail awaiting a Sept. 12 preliminary hearing. Related: University of Pittsburgh: 2024-09-01 Jewish students injured in heinous attack by bottle-wielding assailant wearing Palestinian scarf on Pitt campus University of Pittsburgh: 2023-06-01 The 'Most Important Virus You've Never Heard Of' Surged This Spring University of Pittsburgh: 2023-02-24 Dissolving rectal pill shows promise for on-demand HIV prevention Related: Carnegie Mellon University: 2023-01-25 U.S. no stranger to interfering in other elections Carnegie Mellon University: 2022-09-10 The FBI is hiding Epstein records But we're going to get them... Carnegie Mellon University: 2022-09-10 Carnegie Mellon University Condemns Prof Uju Anya's Tweets Wishing Queen Elizabeth II ‘Excruciating' Death |
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