Sudanese man beaten unconscious in Tel Aviv

A Sudanese man was seriously wounded overnight Friday after being assaulted in Tel Aviv, Israeli media reported. The man was found unconscious at 4 a.m. in south Tel Aviv with multiple injuries across his body, Israeli news site Ynet said. Police said they arrested a 48-year-old Tel Aviv resident on suspicion of assault. The assault appears to be the latest in a string of racially motivated attacks following mass anti-migrant rallies in Tel Aviv last week. Earlier this week, a Sudanese hotel worker was severely beaten by seven hotel guests in Eilat after he refused to give them towels which were reserved for other guests, Ynet reported. Two of the attackers were detained for questioning before being released. Last week, over 1,000 people protested in Tel Aviv calling for African migrants to be deported in a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a "pogrom." In early May, two firebombs were thrown at the south Tel Aviv home of African residents. In late April, firebombs were thrown at a kindergarten and apartments used by the African community. A 20-year-old Israeli resident of the neighborhood was questioned by police about the attacks. Fleeing poverty, fighting and authoritarian rule, some 60,000 Africans have crossed illegally into Israel through the relatively porous desert border with Egypt in recent years.