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Man arrested over stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial is 19-year-old Syrian refugee

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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Sky News UK

Man arrested over stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial is 19-year-old Syrian refugee

The man's identity was revealed a day before a much-anticipated election in which immigration has been a major issue.

1 hour ago·United Kingdom

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Financial Times

Syrian refugee arrested after stabbing at Berlin holocaust memorial

A series of assaults by foreign nationals has fuelled debate about migration ahead of Sunday’s election

2 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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Deutsche Welle

Suspect in Berlin stabbing wanted 'to kill Jews'

German authorities have identified the suspect as a 19-year-old Syrian refugee who was not previously known to law enforcement. He is accused of stabbing a 30-year-old Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial.

3 hours ago·Bonn, Germany

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Le Huffington Post

What we know about the suspect arrested after the attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

The suspect, a 19-year-old man of Syrian nationality, was arrested as he returned to the scene of the attack three hours after the incident.

3 hours ago·Paris, France

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The Globe & Mail

Syrian refugee arrested after Berlin stabbing as Germany prepares to vote

Motivated by the Middle Eastern conflict, the suspect appears to have been planning to kill Jews for several weeks, prosecutors say

4 hours ago·Canada

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Tagesschau

Messerattack at the Holocaust Memorial according to investigators anti-Semitically motivated

The Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office assumes an anti-Semitic background during the stabbing attack on a tourist at the Holocaust memorial. According to the police, the suspect who was arrested had the plan to "kill Jews".

4 hours ago·Hamburg, Germany

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