German police arrested, on Sunday, a 29-year-old man who attacked and seriously injured a Jewish citizen near a synagogue, in Hamburg, Germany, as the Jewish community celebrated Sukkoth.
A police spokesman stated that the perpetrator's motivation was unclear and seemed to have acted alone, so there was no further threat.
The attacker is accused of causing grievous bodily harm, the police spokesman added.
The suspect was wearing military clothes reminiscent of the outfit of the neo-Nazi attacker in Halle, according to German media.
In 2019, right-wing extremist Stephan B shot two bystanders after failing to enter a synagogue, in the eastern city of Halle, on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The gunman confessed to the crime and is standing trial.
The media outlets reported that the victim, 29, suffered serious head injuries after the suspect assaulted him with a shovel.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas denounced the attack in which he described as anti-Semitic, and called on Germans to show more civil courage.
"This is not an isolated incident, this is disgusting anti-Semitism and we must all oppose it!," Maas wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/HeikoMaas/status/1312801379761750016?s=20
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