US EditionSyrian on trial over knife attack at Berlin Holocaust memorial
- A 19-year-old Syrian named Wassim Al M. is on trial in Berlin for a knife attack on a Spanish tourist at the Holocaust memorial just days before February's general election.
- Prosecutors claim Wassim Al M. is a supporter of the Islamic State group, intending to target a person of the Jewish faith during the attack.
- Witness accounts describe the victim, who was injured, collapsing before receiving medical help, with a police officer recalling cries for help.
- Prosecutor Michael Neuhaus stated Wassim Al M. had become radicalized in line with Islamic State ideology and believed he had a religious mission against Jews.
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A 19-year-old refugee is said to have attacked a tourist with a knife in the Stelenfeld of the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. His motive: hatred of the Jews.
In Berlin, the 19-year-old Syrian Wassim Al M. is on trial. He is said to have tried to murder a Spanish tourist at the Holocaust memorial – driven by Jewish hatred. According to the charges, the ISIS supporters were convinced that "he had a kind of religious commission to do so."
The Berlin trial against a 19-year-old refugee is about an attack that caused horror worldwide.
In Berlin, the trial against a 19-year-old who was said to have tried to kill a man with a knife at the Holocaust memorial in February.
Nine months after the attack on a visitor to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, the alleged attacker is now on trial. The Federal Prosecutor's Office assumes a radical Islamist and anti-Semitic-motivated act.[more]]>
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