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Man Assaulted Outside Geno's Says Attacker Claimed To Be Member Of ISIS

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Police say it was a 5-on-1 fight outside of Geno's in South Philadelphia and Patrick Kane never stood a chance.

Philadelphia Police are looking for the public's help as they try to identify the five men appearing in the video of the fight.

The incident took place in the early hours of June 11. Kane, from Jenkintown, said he, his wife and some friends stopped for a steak after a wedding.

"My wife's girlfriend asked the guys at the table can I have a cigarette, and then off they went. Guy got real angry at us," Kane said. He said that the violence escalated quickly. One of them, he said, claimed that he was a member of ISIS. Then, came the physical contact.

"He just got angry, shoved her and then my wife said don't put hands on a girl and then they hit her," Kane said. "The guy I was with and I said that's it."

However, Kane was outnumbered. Soon, he found himself trying to fight off a gang. He showed his black eye, bruises and cuts to his face to Eyewitness News.

He turned down medical treatment, writing it off as just a bad fight.

"It's ridiculous this is what happens in the city. People can't even go anywhere in the city anymore. It escalates the violence. It's just stupid," he said.

Kane never lost consciousness and did not go to the hospital. Authorities are asking anyone with information on this to contact police.

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