Syrian Knife Attacker Kills One on Berlin Subway
A Berlin Senate plan to extend ‘knife-ban’ zones to all capital city public transport has been criticized as “placebo.”
A Berlin Senate plan to extend ‘knife-ban’ zones to all capital city public transport has been criticized as “placebo.”
The armed youth’s social media accounts proposed lethal “action” during Ramadan against diplomatic, Christian, and Jewish targets.
The latest attack—this time, on a youth football team—suggests that Jews are not safe amid rising antisemitic hatred in Europe.
Suspect wanted to “kill as many of them as possible,” prosecutors said.
Berlin proposes knife bans and faster deportations—promises the voters have heard before.
The head of a police union suggested the measure to tackle increasing knife crime.
A 17-year-old perpetrator had committed 34 criminal offenses in 31 months, but still wasn’t arrested.
There is a waning respect for the police among “parts of the population,” police commissioner said—meanwhile, mainstream politicians deny problems exist.
Police repeatedly face life-threatening situations, but the government is unwilling to take action—on crime or migration.
“We have become a country full of horror stories,” says one journalist.