A 65-year-old German man was assaulted in Höchberg, Bavaria, by a 20-year-old Syrian man who noticed the victim wearing an Israeli flag pin. The attacker beat the victim, fracturing a vertebra; the victim is hospitalized in intensive care. The suspect was arrested, and the prosecutor's office is investigating the incident as an attempted murder, according to Bild. The victim is a member of the German-Israel Society's Würzburg chapter.
According to the Bild newspaper, a 65-year-old German man was assaulted in Höchberg, Bavaria, by a 20-year-old Syrian man who noticed the victim wearing an Israeli flag pin. The attack occurred at a traffic light late Sunday night. The attacker struck the victim in the face, then knocked him to the ground and kicked him repeatedly in the head and upper body, stopping only when police intervened.
The victim suffered a fractured vertebra and is hospitalized in intensive care. He is a member of the Würzburg chapter of the German-Israel Society (DIG). The suspect was arrested, and the Würzburg prosecutor's office is investigating the incident as an attempted murder, Bild reports.
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