LONDON – Police in London are investigating an alleged antisemitic assault after an Israeli man said he was attacked by a group of men in the Golders Green neighborhood after speaking Hebrew, according to the Jewish Chronicle.

The 22-year-old victim told the JC he had stepped outside early Monday to take a phone call when several men approached him after overhearing him speaking Hebrew. He alleged the group chased him, shouted abuse in Arabic and asked him if he was Jewish before beating him.

The man suffered injuries to his face and back and later received hospital treatment, police said.

London’s Metropolitan Police said officers responded within minutes after reports of the assault outside a property in northwest London. Authorities said the incident is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime and no arrests had been made as of Monday.

The Community Security Trust, a Jewish security organization in Britain, described the attack as “violent and appalling” and said it was supporting the victim and his family.

Local lawmaker Sarah Sackman condemned the reported assault and urged witnesses to cooperate with investigators.

The report was first published by the Jewish Chronicle.