A 48-year-old Chabad emissary walking down Uhlandstrasse in Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighborhood with his two children was violently attacked by a 31-year-old man. According to reports, the assault was triggered by the father wearing a kippah.
1+The incident occurred in the afternoon when the suspect began threatening and cursing the man. A local police spokesperson said the verbal confrontation quickly escalated to physical violence. The suspect didn’t stop at threats and curses—he spat in the faces of the father and his young children standing beside him.
Bystanders who witnessed the attack called police, who arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect. He was taken into police custody for further proceedings, including blood tests. Berlin’s State Criminal Investigation Office has opened an investigation.
1+The latest incident joins a string of antisemitic cases on European streets in general and in Berlin in particular.