MSU student's mouth stapled, jaw broken in hate crime attack [View all]

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A 19-year-old Michigan State University student is recovering at home in Oakland County today after surgery overnight for a broken jaw his family says stems from a brutal hate crime.

Two men at a party early Sunday asked Zachary Tennen, a journalism sophomore at MSU, if he was Jewish, his mother, Tina Tennen, said today.

They raised their arms in a Nazi salute, chanting “Heil Hitler” and then knocked Tennen unconscious.

While he was out, the men stapled his mouth, putting a staple into his gum while about 20 people watched. .............(more)

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