(DPA) The suspect in Friday’s attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin was motivated by anti-Semitism, German prosecutors said on Saturday, as Interior Minister Nancy Faeser called for him to be deported to Syria from prison.
“According to what we know so far, especially based on statements made by the accused to the police, he has been planning to kill Jews for several weeks,” Berlin police said.
The incident had “connections with the Middle East conflict,” the public prosecutor’s office added.
The attack saw a 30-year-old Spanish tourist seriously injured with a knife.
The victim was hospitalized with wounds to his throat and underwent emergency operations. His life is no longer at risk.
