(VINnews) — A group of Jewish teen boys were threatened by a gang of three teens this past weekend.

The incident took place near the corner of West End Avenue and West 86th Street in Manhattan.

According to police, the boys were outdoors at approximately 7:20 PM, when they were accosted by three teens, who were armed with a sword, knife and crowbar. Police say that the gang told the boys that “they wanted to get them” because they were Jewish.

They then followed the boys home, before running away. Thankfully, no injuries occurred.

Council Member Gale Brewer posted about the incident on her Facebook page, calling it a “horrible anti-semitic attack.” She also noted that the NYPD Hate Crime Taskforce was informed of the incident.

A woman idenifying herself as the mother of one of the boys commented on the Facebook post.

“It is sickening that kids around his own age are walking around this neighborhood with knives and crowbars targeting Jews, taunting them to fight,” she wrote. “And on Shabbat no less.”