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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Police suspect that the attack in the southern Swedish city of Malmo against the 38-year-old was a hate crime, The Local website reports.
A screenshot of the flag hung in Malmo from The Local website.
A man was severely assaulted in the Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday night after hanging an Israeli flag out of his window, according to local media reports.
Police suspect that the attack against the 38-year-old was a hate crime, The Local website reported. "Our initial evaluation is that this is a hate crime," policewoman Marie Keismar said.
The assault took place shortly before midnight on Sunday in the southern city. Beforehand, the window where the man hung the flag was smashed.
"After that the man went out onto the street to see what was going on. Then he was attacked and it was on the basis of the flag. That is the information we have at present," Linda Pleym of the Malmö police said, according to The Local.
The man was attacked by some ten people using iron pipes, who chased him fr...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Police suspect that the attack in the southern Swedish city of Malmo against the 38-year-old was a hate crime, The Local website reports.
A screenshot of the flag hung in Malmo from The Local website.
A man was severely assaulted in the Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday night after hanging an Israeli flag out of his window, according to local media reports.
Police suspect that the attack against the 38-year-old was a hate crime, The Local website reported. "Our initial evaluation is that this is a... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
