March 20, 2008 — An assistant rabbi whose yarmulke was swiped by Arab men turned the tables on his tormentors, chasing one into a Brooklyn street where the thief was struck by a car and arrested, police said yesterday.
Uria Ohana, 25, a member of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, told The Post he entered a subway station alone at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Ohana said he went through a turnstile and spotted a group of young Arabic men sitting on a bench.
"I wasn't afraid of anything. I didn't think anything would happen," he said.
But something did.
Ohana said he felt a hand grab his brown yarmulke off his head.
He then spun around and came face to face with one of the men, Ali Hussein, 18, police said.
"There were no words exchanged. I decided to chase him to get my yarmulke back," Ohana said.
Hussein's friends joined in the foot pursuit, screaming "Allah-hu Akbar," which means "God is great."
They ran outside and Hussein darted into the street, where he was hit by a blue Volvo and toppled to the ground, cops said.
"He couldn't move. He broke his leg. He was crying," said Ohana.
Hussein's friends then jumped into a suburban GMC and sped away.
Police arrested Hussein for alleged aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
Will this result in another Bin Laden tape threatening Sweden?
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