Berlin police said probing beating of Israeli as potential antisemitic attack

An Israeli tourist was beaten up in Berlin, with local police reportedly investigating the attack as a suspected antisemitic crime.

According to local reports, the 19-year-old and an 18-year-old Israeli woman he was with were walking in the German capital’s Kreuzberg neighborhood last night when a car with three suspects inside pulled up as he was speaking on the phone in Hebrew.

One of the passengers said something to the Israeli in German, which he didn’t understand. The three then began whaling on him before getting back in the car and fleeing the scene, the reports added.

The Jüdische Allgemeine news site says authorities have begun probing the assault and are looking at a potential antisemitic motive, and that the Israeli was treated for injuries to his arm and face.