Overview

• Spain’s National Police launched a hate crime investigation after Vigo Local Police forwarded a report from a Madrid resident who saw the viral video.
• Restaurateur Samir Slim has given his statement to investigators as authorities assess whether his actions breached Spain’s laws against racial discrimination.
• The Embassy of Israel in Spain labeled the expulsion ‘‘completely unacceptable’’ and warned that it fosters an environment where Jews fear speaking Hebrew.
• Since the clip went viral, Slim has received over 6,000 insulting or threatening calls and faced a surge of fake negative Google reviews, most of which have been removed as spam.
• Investigators are working to locate the Israeli tourists for their testimony and will decide if there is enough evidence to refer the case to the Vigo prosecutor.