Arguments with fellow students
Jewish student beaten until he was hospitalized
February 4, 2024, 5:55 p.m
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There was an attack on a Jewish student in Berlin at the weekend: in the middle of the night, the 30-year-old got into an argument with a fellow student about the Middle East conflict. Suddenly the fellow student hits him in the face and then kicks him.
A 23-year-old student is said to have attacked his 30-year-old Jewish fellow student in Berlin. The suspect is said to have hit the man and kicked him. The 30-year-old was hospitalized with facial fractures, police said. The background to the crime is said to have been a dispute over the Middle East conflict.
According to the police, the 30-year-old was out with a 24-year-old acquaintance in Berlin-Mitte shortly before midnight on Friday night when they met the fellow student. The two men then got into an argument. The 30-year-old, who is Jewish, held pro-Israel views, while the 23-year-old held pro-Palestinian views.
During the course of the discussion, the younger man is said to have suddenly punched his fellow student in the face several times, causing his victim to fall to the ground. He then kicked the man who was lying on the ground, it goes on to say.
The suspect then initially fled. A short time later, investigators found him at his address. The officers searched his apartment based on a court order and confiscated his cell phone. State security is now investigating. The 30-year-old was immediately taken to the clinic. There was therefore no danger to life.
The men are obviously students at the Free University of Berlin, as evidenced by the institution’s response to X. “We are deeply affected. The Free University of Berlin stands for openness and tolerance and distances itself from any form of hate speech and violence.”