A 37-year-old Israeli who wanted to distribute Star of David stickers was attacked and threatened in front of a grocery store in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The man was not injured, but the lens on his camera was broken, a police spokeswoman said in the evening.
The attacker was an employee of the store. Criminal proceedings were initiated against him for threats and damage to property.
“I’ll cut you open!”
The 59-year-old was upset about the sticker campaign and said: “Not here!” explained the spokeswoman.
An argument then developed in front of the store, with the store employee attacking the Israeli. He shouted: “I’ll cut you open!” He also ran his index finger and thumb over his own throat, which was meant as a threat.
According to the “Bild” newspaper, the person attacked was the Israeli filmmaker Gilad Sade. The paper quotes him as saying: “The man stormed towards me with a kebab knife. Then he hit my camera and my face. Luckily I wasn’t hurt. I didn’t understand what he was saying, everything went very well fast.” Sade told “Bild” that he was currently in Germany to shoot a film. “I have never been attacked like this before. I am not afraid for myself, but for all Jewish people. And our entire society.”
