An Israeli tourist was attacked in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Monday night by a group of local men, apparently because they heard him speaking Hebrew, Ynet reported on Tuesday.

Almog Armoza, 25, told the Hebrew outlet he had been walking to his hostel, which is often frequented by Israeli visitors to Kathmandu, when a group of unknown men struck him from behind with an iron rod.

“If I hadn’t managed to run, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t be alive today,” he said. “If the first blow had knocked me out, it could have ended differently.”

Armoza said he had been recording a voice message in Hebrew when he was ambushed. “They came from behind. There were a few seconds between the first hit and the second because they thought I would collapse. I turned around and saw three to fi

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