An Israeli traveler, 25-year-old Almog Armoza, was attacked in Kathmandu, Nepal, after a group of locals heard him speaking Hebrew. Armoza says he was struck in the head from behind with a metal bar near a hostel, leaving him bloodied and requiring stitches and an MRI at a local hospital.

He said nothing was stolen during the attack and believes it was not a robbery attempt.

Chabad�s representative in Kathmandu, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, accompanied him at the hospital and said police are checking security footage in the area as they investigate what may have been a nationalistic assault.