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A Hasidic man was severely beaten and injured, but not robbed, after leaving a bank in Outremont on Thursday evening.

The 29-year-old father of five exited the bank at the corner of Van Horne and McEachran Aves. around 7:15 p.m. when he was attacked, choked and had an unknown liquid poured over him.

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The attacker, who police say is a white male in his 20s, had not been found on Friday.

A witness who lives in the community, who did not want his name published under the circumstances, says he was in the bank moments before the attack.

He and two friends left the bank, where they noticed a man sitting on the bench outside the door facing Van Horne Ave. He described the man as a muscular 25-year-old, and said he was holding a Naya-branded water bottle in his hands.

The man seemed “cold,” and there was something unsettling about him, the witness said. Having lived in the area for a long time and running a local restaurant for years, he said he had never seen him before in the neighbourhood.