Monday, February 24, 2025
Suspect in Berlin Holocaust memorial stabbing sought to kill Jews
German authorities have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in a Friday stabbing attack at Berlin's Holocaust memorial.
The arrest of the suspect, a Syrian citizen who, according to police, said he wanted to kill Jews, came shortly after the Thursday arrest of another teenager, a Russian citizen accused of plotting an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin.
Both arrests occurred shortly before German elections on Sunday. The center-right Christian Democratic Union won the election, while Alternative for Germany, a far-right anti-immigrant party with a history of minimizing the Holocaust, came in second.
The stabbing incident at the Holocaust memorial seriously injured one victim, a 30-year-old Spanish tourist who was put into an artificial coma but whose life no longer appears to be in danger, according to news reports. Three hours after the attack, the suspect reportedly approached officers with blood on his hands and was arrested.
