Berlin Police have arrested a 31-year-old man for an antisemitic attack on several people in Charlottenburg on Saturday.
According to the investigation so far, at approximately 3:15 p.m. the reportedly Arab attacker followed a 47-year-old Jewish man and two children who were accompanying him, shouting antisemitic insults and spitting at them.
When the older man, who was wearing a kippah, confronted him, the younger man allegedly struck him in the face. Several people then rushed to the scene to help, including a 45-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman.
The attacker allegedly directed antisemitic insults and threats at the woman, after which a physical altercation broke out between him and the 45-year-old man.
The Berlin State Criminal Police Office State Security Division is now conducting the investigation.
Antisemitic incidents hit an all-time high in Germany
This comes amid as antisemitic incidents hit an all-time high in Germany, according to the new annual report by antisemitism watchdog RIAS.
In 2025, RIAS recorded 8,725 antisemitic incidents, equating to roughly 24 cases per day.
Across the year, RIAS documented 178 physical attacks and 257 threats. For example, in the city of Kehl, four members of a Jewish community were insulted and spat on outside a Jewish prayer room. In the state of Hesse, a rabbi was shoved in a supermarket in front of his children and had his phone snatched.
In addition, there were four cases of extreme violence, including a terrorist attack at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.
