New York Daily News

Youths eyed in 7 other bias attacks

- Thomas Tracy and Graham Rayman

A pack of youths who threw a pipe through a synagogue window in Brooklyn are believed to be responsibl­e for at least seven other hate crimes, police said Wednesday.

The menaces, between 12 and 14 years old, were caught on camera smacking a hat off an Orthodox Jewish boy's head (inset) and shoving a young girl, cops said.

About seven youths were seen hanging around the Volkan shul on Franklin Ave. near Myrtle Ave. in Williamsbu­rg just before a pipe was hurled through a temple window at about 5:40 p.m. Saturday, police said. The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is eyeing the vandalism, though probers believe it may have been a case of criminal mischief, a spokesman said.

The vandalism came a day after police busted a former City Hall intern, on charges he scrawled “Hitler” and “Die Jew rats” on a Prospect Heights temple.

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