US EditionGermany: Spanish injured at Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, arrest of suspect
- Berlin police arrested a suspect after a man was stabbed and seriously injured near the Holocaust memorial on February 21 evening.
- The victim, a 30-year-old Spanish tourist, was injured with a sharp object and was being prepared for surgery, according to police.
- The attack occurred just two days before a national election, where a far-right party could become the second-largest political group for the first time since the Nazi era.
- Authorities believe the suspect acted alone, based on witness testimony, and the investigation is ongoing.
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‘Religious Motivation’ Possible in Berlin Stabbing, Police Say - Overpasses For America
The man detained in connection with the stabbing of a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial on Friday may have been planning for weeks to kill Jewish people, according to German authorities. The suspect, a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, was carrying a copy of the Quran, a prayer rug and a piece of paper with the attack’s date and Quran verses when he was apprehended, suggesting a “religious motivation,” the Berlin police said on Saturday. …
Berlin’s Anti-Semitic Attack Tightens Elections in Germany · Global Voices
Another knife attack . Another refugee welcomed in the country that responded to the hospitality of Germany with hatred and violence. This time, the victim was a Spaniard, a 33-year-old Biscay named Iker, who had entered as a tourist and that on Friday visited the Monument to the Holocaust of Berlin. He recovers from several stab wounds in his neck, but his life is not in danger. And, this time, the attacker was a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, Was…
Syrian Refugee Arrested After Berlin Stabbing as Germany Prepares to Vote
A Syrian refugee arrested over the stabbing of a tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial had been planning "to kill Jews," prosecutors said on Saturday, the day before an election which is expected to see a surge in support for the anti-migrant AfD. The 19-year-old suspect appears to have been planning to kill Jews for several
Police say stabbing suspect planned to kill Jews at Berlin Holocaust Memorial
BERLIN — The suspect in Friday's attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin was motivated by antisemitism, German prosecutors said on Saturday, as Interior Minister Nancy Faeser called for him to be deported to Syria from prison. "According to what…
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