The beating of a 13-year-old Jewish girl in Brussels has Belgium's Jewish umbrella group contemplating civil action

Oceane Sluijzer, 13, was beaten by five Moroccan female classmates after a confrontation at a sports center. The attackers also shouted, "Shut up, you dirty Jew, and return to your country" at Sluijzer, who has filed a formal complaint with the Brussels police. Belgium has about 40,000 Jews. In response, the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations of Belgium, the umbrella organization for Belgian Jewry, issued a statement expressing its hope that the investigation would proceed quickly while also hinting that it might file a civil action.