Germany Trial after knife attack at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin
The trial has begun following a suspected radical Islamist and anti-Semitic knife attack on a visitor to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.
20.11.2025, 09:54
SDA
The accused is a 19-year-old recognized Syrian refugee who last lived in Leipzig. He was arrested on February 21, a few hours after the attack, with his hands covered in blood in the vicinity of the memorial and has been in custody ever since. Officers brought him heavily armed to the trial at the Berlin Court of Appeal.
The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, Germany's highest prosecuting authority, has charged the 19-year-old with attempted murder, dangerous bodily harm and attempted membership of a foreign terrorist organization. On the day of the attack, he is said to have traveled from the eastern German state of Saxony to the capital to carry out the attack in the name of the "Islamic State" (IS).
He then allegedly stabbed a tourist from Spain from behind in the field of stelae at the Holocaust memorial, which commemorates the murder of six million Jews under the rule of the National Socialists. The victim, who was 30 years old at the time, was critically injured and had to undergo emergency surgery. The federal prosecution considers the murder criteria of base motives and malice aforethought to be fulfilled.
The Court of Appeal has scheduled a total of twelve trial dates for the trial until January 29, 2026.
