US EditionSyrian Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Berlin Holocaust Memorial Stabbing
BERLIN, GERMANY, JUL 29 – The Syrian suspect allegedly aimed to kill Jews and join the Islamic State group, seriously injuring a Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial, prosecutors said.
- German authorities have charged Wassim Al M., a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, with attempted murder following an attack in February 2023 where he injured a Spanish visitor at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.
- According to prosecutors, the individual, who came to Germany alone as a minor in 2023 and was granted asylum, traveled from Leipzig to Berlin with the intention of targeting "alleged infidels."
- Following the stabbing, the suspect, whose hands and clothing were stained with blood, came into contact with police and was taken into custody nearly three hours after the incident; the tourist sustained a serious neck injury.
- Federal prosecutors said Wassim Al M. shares Islamic State ideology, sent a photo to IS members to claim the attack, and has radical Islamist and antisemitic views.
- The attack was one of several that intensified immigration debates before Germany’s general election, after which Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government signaled efforts to resume deportations to Syria.
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Stabbing at Holocaust Memorial: Syrian Faces Charges
A Syrian man, identified as Wassim Al M., has been formally charged with attempted murder, dangerous bodily harm, and attempted membership in a foreign terrorist organisation over a stabbing attack that severely injured a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February. The victim, a 30-year-old man from the Basque Country of northern Spain, sustained life-threatening neck injuries. Prosecutors allege Wassim carried out the stabbing a…
After the stabbing attack on a Spanish tourist at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has charged the alleged perpetrator.
A 19-year-old Syrian attacked a Spanish tourist at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial in February. After the arrest, it quickly became clear that the attacker was committed to the radical Islamist IS. According to his own statement, he wanted to "kill Jews". Now he is accused of attempted murder.
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