Overview
- A man and a woman verbally abused a couple pushing a stroller on Fehrbelliner Straße and shouted slogans such as “Fuck Zionism,” “Viva Hamas” and “Kill the Jews” while a bystander filmed the incident.
- The eyewitness who recorded the footage filed a police complaint the same day and the Jüdische Allgemeine published the video showing the attackers and the man attempting to seize the filmer’s phone.
- Berlin’s Landeskriminalamt State Protection is investigating on suspicion of Volksverhetzung (incitement of the people) and insult after the formal complaint was received.
- Follow-up reporting by multiple outlets links the male suspect in the footage to a shifting extremist history, including photos tying him to NPD demonstrations in 2013 and later involvement with the now-disbanded Jugendwiderstand as well as recent radical pro‑Palestine rallies.
- The case feeds into a broader trend documented since October 2023 of rising antisemitic incidents around protests, and what to watch next is whether police can identify the attackers, confirm the reported biographical links, and bring charges supported by the video evidence.