It is 10 years since the assassination of David Fremd, a crime that marked the Uruguayan Jewish community and generated a profound debate about anti-Semitism in the country.
On March 8, 2016, in the city of Paysandú, David Fremd, a 54-year-old merchant and a leader in the local Jewish community, was fatally stabbed in the middle of the street, in front of his office on Avenida España. The attacker, Carlos Omar Peralta (who called himself Abdullah Omar after converting to Islam), attacked him in the back with multiple stab wounds, explicitly motivated by anti-Semitic hatred. According to reports at the time, he shouted phrases such as “Allahu Akbar”
during the event.One of Fremd's sons, Gabriel, intervened to defend his father and was injured, becoming a victim, witness and survivor of the attack. The crime shocked Uruguay, a country that prides itself on its tradition of tolerance, and was described by the Central Israeli Committee of Uruguay (CCIU) and other organizations as an anti-Semitic and
