Berlin jails man for 13 years over stabbing at Holocaust memorial
South China Morning Post
by Agence France-PresseMarch 5, 2026
A Berlin court on Thursday jailed a Syrian man for 13 years for a jihadist-inspired knife attack on a Spanish tourist at the German capital’s Holocaust memorial.
The 20-year-old suspect, named only as Wassim Al M., was convicted of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and attempted membership of a terrorist organisation, the court said.
The stabbing in February 2025 inflamed an already heated debate on migration just a few days before a general election in Germany.
Presiding judge Doris Husch...
Verticals
worldasia
Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/5/2026