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Emergency services evacuate residents of a Jewish retirement home in Munich after it was targeted in an arson attack on February 13, 1970, in which seven Holocaust survivors were killed. (IMAGO/Heinz Gebhardt via Reuters Connect)
August 20, 2026, 1:09 pm
Far-right suspect identified in 1970 Munich arson that killed 7 Holocaust survivors
Case reopened last year after new witness came forward; alleged attacker died in 2020, leaving prosecutors unable to bring charges
By AFP
Police officers remove a vehicle that drove into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, July 26, 2026. (Annegret Hilse/Pool Photo via AP)
July 26, 2026, 7:50 pm
Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police after daylong search
Police in suburb of German capital say Lebanese-German Abdul Ballout, 21, shot after charging at officers with sharp object; car-ramming attack killed one, injured dozens
By Geir Moulson, Kirsten Grieshaber and STEFANIE DAZIO
Police and security personnel work near the scene where several people were injured in a potential car-ramming on the sideline of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, Germany, on July 25, 2026. (Antoine LAMBROSCHINI/AFP)
July 26, 2026, 4:04 am
1 killed, at least 16 hurt in suspected ‘Islamist’ ramming attack at Berlin Pride Parade
Berlin police says it is hunting for Islamist suspect after white van hit several people before crashing into tree; pride event called off as Merz vows to punish those responsible
By Kirsten Grieshaber and FANNY BRODERSEN
Police forensics work at the scene where six people were killed in a shooting in Stade, northern Germany, June 29, 2026. (Ibrahim OT / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 8:14 pm
Six shot dead at German youth welfare center in ‘family tragedy,’ police say
All victims are adults, according to police spokesman, who says male gunman and female companion arrested nearby after fleeing the scene
By Ibrahim Ot and bryn Stole
Danish police patrol at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, Monday September 22, 2025. (Steven Knap/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
November 5, 2025, 6:33 pm
Man arrested for plot to supply arms for attack on Jewish targets in Germany
Authorities say Afghan suspect, arrested in Denmark, offered to supply weapons for an Iran-linked plot targeting Jews in Berlin
By AP and ToI Staff
Buildings at the Sonnenallee in the Neukoelln district in Berlin, where a man suspected of having planned an attack, is believed to have had a residence, on November 2, 2025. (Odd Andersen/AFP)
November 2, 2025, 10:48 pm
German police arrest Syrian man suspected of plotting ‘jihadist’ attack
22-year-old had been preparing a ‘serious act of violence against the state,’ spread propaganda for terror organizations, German police and prosecutors claim
By AFP
Illustrative: German federal police guards at the border control station Kiefersfelden, southern Germany, May 15, 2025. (Michaela Stache / AFP)
May 21, 2025, 12:48 pm
Germany busts far-right group for planning attacks on political opponents
5 teenagers arrested for involvement with extremist ‘Last Defense Wave,’ which allegedly aimed to destabilize country’s democratic system, attacked asylum seeker sites
By Geir Moulson
Outside view of the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, May 9, 2001 (AP Photo/Jockel Finck)
October 20, 2024, 7:45 am
Alleged ISIS supporter suspected of plot to attack Israeli embassy arrested in Germany
Reports say suspect is Libyan national who entered Germany in November 2022 and was denied asylum last year; arrest came after alerts from unspecified foreign intelligence services
By AFP
A Hezbollah drone is seen near Acre in northern Israel, February 20, 2024.(Screenshot: X)
July 15, 2024, 8:12 pm
Lebanese man arrested in Germany for procuring drone parts for Hezbollah
Prosecutors say suspect joined Hezbollah in 2016, was collecting parts ‘to be exported to Lebanon and used in terrorist attacks on Israel’
By AP and ToI Staff
Police forces arrive outside the Volksparkstadion prior to the Bundesliga second division football match Hamburger SV vs FC St Pauli in Hamburg, northern Germany, on May 3, 2024. (Axel Heimken / AFP)
June 16, 2024, 10:27 pm
German police shoot man brandishing weapons ahead of Euro match
Police say man approached passersby with sledgehammer and Molotov cocktail and did not comply with orders to put them down
By AFP
Policemen stand in front of a house in Berlin's Friedrichshain district, as a raid was under way against Hamas and Samidoun, both of which are banned in the country, November 23, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN/AFP)
November 23, 2023, 12:50 pm
Hundreds of German police raid more than a dozen properties linked to Hamas supporters
Some 450 members of Gaza-based terror group are believed to reside in Germany; interior minister: ‘Islamists and antisemites cannot and must not feel safe anywhere here’
By Agencies
Yonatan Yisraeli, an Israeli who says he was attacked in Berlin, in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, August 6, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 6, 2023, 4:35 pm
Israeli tourist, 19, attacked in Berlin in possible antisemitic incident
Yonatan Yisraeli says he was speaking on the phone in Hebrew when car stopped and 3 men brutally attacked him in front of his girlfriend, leading to his hospitalization
By ToI Staff
Roger Waters dressed as a fascist while onstage in Berlin, May 2023. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
May 27, 2023, 3:00 am
German antisemitism czar slams Waters for ‘Nazi’ suit, as Berlin police investigate
But law enforcement will continue collecting evidence for 3 more months before a decision is made on whether to charge Pink Floyd-co founder who has concerts scheduled in meantime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
May 26, 2023, 11:24 am
Man breaches German chancellor’s security, gives him a hug
Incident occurs as Olaf Scholz prepared to board a plane at Frankfurt Airport
By AP
Forensics staff on duty at a platform by a regional train, with police officers standing opposite, following a deadly stabbing, at Brokstedt station in Brockstedt, Germany, January 25, 2023. (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)
January 25, 2023, 10:18 pm
2 killed, Palestinian man arrested in stabbing spree on German train
Police spokesperson says 7 others injured in attack on regional train from Kiel to Hamburg; attacker also wounded, taken to hospital
By Kirsten Grieshaber
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