Christians Attacked in Berlin Mitte a Day After Christmas

Country: Germany

Date of incident: December 26, 2015


“I am Muslim. What are you?” After asking this question, unidentified Muslim and others beat up five Christians.

According to Der Tagesspiegel, at least five men were injured as the result of a fight in Berlin-Tiergarten. The police are still investigating, but what they know so far is that five men, after leaving the Club “Adagio” at 17:20 on the Marlene-Dietrich-Plaza, were accosted by a man and asked about their religion. The police report said that the unknown man said, “I am Muslim! What are you?” The question resulted in a verbal shouting match. Suddenly more people arrived on the scene and together with the unknown Muslim they started beating on the men aged 20, 24, and 25.
A 19-year-old man who tried to calm the men down was injured in the face. The perpetrators fled the scene just before the police arrived. The injured young men did not want medical treatment on the spot and said they were going to go to the clinic themselves. According to police, the young men that were attacked come from Serbia and Montenegro, and are Orthodox Christians. The office for political crimes within the police has taken over the investigation. The “Adagio” held a “Balkan Party” on December 25th. Source: Der Tagesspiel