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2nd man charged with attacking 2 Jewish students at DePaul campus in 2024
Mark Rivera and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones
May 7, 2026

A second man has been charged in a violent attack on two Jewish students at DePaul University in November 2024. The ABC7 I-Team has been following their story from the very beginning. The I-Team learned Kasem Noubani now faces battery and hate crime charges. He appeared in court Thursday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. A pair of masked men attacked Max Long, a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces, and his friend, Michael Kaminsky. Long was concussed and Kaminsky needed surgery after the attack…The other man charged, Adam Erkan, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor battery charges last year…Erkan worked with authorities to identify Kasem Noubani as the second attacker, according to court documents. READ MORE