Since Thursday morning, the Police State Protection Service has been investigating an assault and hate crime in the middle of Berlin!
At around 6.15 a.m., a 24-year-old man of Syrian nationality allegedly knocked the kippa off the head of a 32-year-old British man in the corridor of a hostel in Storkower Street. He then allegedly repeatedly kicked the kippah, which was lying on the ground.
The attacker then allegedly asked the British man to shout the words “Free Palestine”. At the same time, the attacker repeatedly punched him in the face.
A witness confirmed the incident with the kippah. The victim complained of a headache, but refused medical treatment.
Because there was a suspicion that the attacker had consumed alcohol, his breath alcohol level was determined. The measured value: 1.2 per mille!
The suspect could only produce an expired residence permit and was taken into police custody to establish his identity. A blood sample was taken from him, and he was then allowed to leave.
But: The man’s papers were confiscated. He now has to report to the competent foreigners authority. The investigation by the State Protection Service is ongoing.
Only on Wednesday, an alleged anti-Semitic incident had become known. A woman from Israel was brutally beaten in the face in Berlin. Presumably because she spoke Hebrew.