Overview

• The American man and his Israeli wife said a group surrounded, chased and slapped them on Strada Nuova near the Rialto Bridge around midnight between Sept. 7–8.
• Officers from the Guardia di Finanza intervened after witnessing the assault, which reportedly included an unmuzzled Rottweiler and a bottle that injured the woman’s ankle.
• Three suspects were apprehended; a Tunisian man was charged and barred from Venice for two years, and another was transferred to a Bari repatriation center, with others still sought.
• Mayor Luigi Brugnaro condemned the attack and the Jewish Community of Venice issued a statement calling it a cowardly act that challenges the city’s reputation for welcome.
• The episode follows a reported August assault on a Jewish couple near Rialto and features in wider European reporting on rising antisemitism affecting Jewish travel decisions.