Syrian teen hands himself in over Berlin anti-Semitic attack
Asylum seeker, 19, attends police station after video of him abusing an Israeli-Arab goes viral
A 19-year-old Syrian asylum seeker has handed himself in to police after a violent attack on a man wearing a Jewish skullcap in Germany.
The incident in Berlin caused outrage.
Police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel said the young Syrian attended a police station with his lawyer on Thursday.
The 21-year-old victim, an Arab Israeli, caught Tuesday’s assault on video.
It quickly went viral and reopened a debate about growing anti-Semitism in the country.
Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the assault.
The video shows the attacker whipping the Israeli with a belt while shouting “Yehudi!” or Jew, in Arabic.
The victim, Adam Armoush, said he is not Jewish but wore the skullcap as an experiment because he did not believe a friend who told him it was too dangerous to wear one in public in Germany.
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