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An Orthodox Jewish man was attacked at a Brooklyn train station by three men who also lobbed anti-Semitic insults, authorities said on Tuesday.

Haim Ovanounou, 53, was standing on the platform of the Marcy Avenue station in Williamsburg around 4 p.m. Monday when one of the suspects came up behind him and tried to pick his pocket, sources said.

When the victim turned around, the thug called him a “dirty bloody Jew” and spat in his face, police said.

The attacker then grabbed Ovanounou’s umbrella and hit him in the head before running off.

The victim tried to chase the brute, but was quickly pounced on by two other attackers, who knocked him down and began kicking him repeatedly while shouting taunts like “f–king dirty Jew.”

A witness tried to rush to the man’s aid but was also beaten up by the men before they hopped on a Manhattan-bound train and disappeared.

Both victims suffered minor injuries.

The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident, which was first reported by JPUdates.com.

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