US EditionSyrian man handed 13-year sentence for Berlin Holocaust memorial stabbing
The 20-year-old Syrian man was sentenced for stabbing a tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial, motivated by Islamic State ideology, with the victim surviving a life-threatening injury.
- A Berlin court sentenced a 20-year-old Syrian man to 13 years in prison for a jihadist-inspired knife attack on a Spanish tourist at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial in 2025.
- The defendant, Wassim Al M., had intended to target a Jewish person and was convicted of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and attempted membership of a terrorist organization.
- The 31-year-old Spanish victim survived the attack but is still unable to work and receiving psychological treatment.
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More than a year ago, a young Syrian attacked a tourist with a knife at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. The victim survived scarcely. Now the perpetrator – an IS supporter – was sentenced to 13 years in prison.The Berlin Chamber Court considered the act radical-Islamistic.It accused the now 20-year-old Syrian, among other things, of attempted murder and attempted membership in a terrorist association abroad.Defenders wanted juvenile sentenceTh…
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Cleveland Jewish NewsMan who stabbed Spanish tourist at Berlin Holocaust memorial sentenced to 13 years in prison
A Syrian man was convicted by a Berlin district court Thursday for stabbing a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial in February 2025. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Identified only as 20-year-old Wassim Al M. under German privacy laws, the man was convicted on multiple charges, including attempted murder and attempted membership in a foreign terrorist organization, German media reported. The man told police at the time of the a…
The 20-year-old Syrian Wassim Al M. seriously injured a Spanish tourist at the Holocaust monument. According to the verdict, it was a radical Islamist-motivated act.
One year after the attack on a Spanish tourist at the Holocaust Memorial, the Berlin Chamber Court sentenced the perpetrator to 13 years in prison. Syrian at the time of the crime, 19-year-old, had to answer for attempted murder in court.
The memorial in the heart of Berlin is reminiscent of the murder of the Jews. The attacker deliberately chooses this place to attack a human being. The judges have no doubt about that.
Daily Maverick
Syrian man handed 13-year sentence for Berlin Holocaust memorial stabbing
A Syrian refugee who stabbed a tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial last year has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of attempted murder, among others, said a Berlin court spokesperson on Thursday.
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