China News Agency, Berlin, October 6 (Reporter Peng Dawei) In response to the attack on a Jewish student in Hamburg on the 4th, the spokesperson of the German Federal Government on the 5th condemned the incident "the strongest."
According to a report on the case jointly issued by the Hamburg prosecutor and the police on the 5th, the 29-year-old suspect attacked a 26-year-old Jewish student in front of a synagogue in Hamburg's Emsbüttel district on the afternoon of the 4th local time.
German media reported that the suspect was a German of Kazakh descent.
The victim and the suspect never knew each other, and he wore a headdress for Jewish men that day.
The suspect used a shovel to attack the victim without warning, causing serious injuries.
After the suspect was arrested, the police found a note with Nazi symbols and a knife on his body.
This is the first time that Germany has attacked Jews again after nearly a year.
On October 9, 2019, a shooting occurred in front of a synagogue in Halle, Saxony, eastern Germany, killing two people.
German Federal Government spokesperson Sebet said on the 5th that the German government was shocked by the crimes committed against Jews on the 4th.
"We express our strongest condemnation of this attack. It is a shame that a citizen of Jewish faith was attacked on a German street."
Sybet emphasized that no matter what the motives and background behind the attack were finally found in the investigation, any such crime in Germany would be a shame.
German Foreign Minister Maas also posted on social media that this is not an isolated incident, but a "disgusting anti-Semitism" and "all of us must stand up against it."
The Hamburg police stated that they have not yet found an accomplice in this case, and current investigations point to an attack with anti-Semitism motives.
The investigation of this case is still ongoing.
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