Germany (Once Again!) Iraqi Asylum-Seeker Charged for Pushing 16-Year-Old Girl to Her Death in Front of Train

I am fully aware that recently on this site, there has been an overabundance of reporting on Germany, but this latest case cannot be ignored. In the town of Friedland, near Goettingen,  a 31-year-old Iraqi asylum-seeker (who should have been deported) is accused of pushing a 16-year-old girl in front of an oncoming freight train at the local train station, causing her death. Naturally, the accused is being described as "mentally ill". How is it that all these millions of "mentally-ill" people have wound up in Europe?

I keep asking myself: How many more innocent people have to die in Germany and other European countries because of the insane asylum/migration policies in the EU? I just can't get my head around it.

The below article in Welt is translated by Fousesquawk.

Incriminating DNA evidence

Was a girl pushed in front of a train? Man sent to psychiatric facility

Posted 17:41

Caption: The 16-year-old died on the tracks at the Friedland train station in Goettingen district.

Subsequent to the death of a 16-year-old at the Friedland train station, a 31-year-old has been placed in a psychiatric clinic pursuant to a court order. DNA evidence reportedly incriminates him. The man should not have been allowed to remain in Germany.

A full two weeks after the death of a 16-year-old at the Friedland train station, a 31-year-old man has been placed in a psychiatric clinic pursuant to a court order. The Iraqi is strongly suspected of deliberately pushing the girl in front of a passing freight train on August 11, the Goettingen public prosecutor's office reports.

The police initially assumed it was an accident; The young girl was struck by a train and fatally injured, the exact circumstances being unclear at the time.

Now the Public Prosecutor's Office has further announced that shortly before the incident, police had been called to the train station due to a man causing a disturbance. At the scene, the officers encountered three persons, including the accused. He led the police officers, according to their information, to a platform where the young girl already lay dead. The man denied any involvement. A voluntary test for alcohol revealed 1.35 per milliliter. 

DNA traces on the shoulder of the deceased

Since there was no evidence at that time, he was initially released. Subsequent investigation by the State Criminal Police revealed the man's DNA traces on the shoulder of the deceased, the investigators further report. 

According to the State Prosecutor's Office, the man was first encountered by the Federal Police in 2022 in Braunschweig (Brunswick), where he had applied for asylum. His application was denied in December 2022, and deportation to Lithuania has been pending since March 2025. An application for deportation custody was denied by the Hannover District Court in July 2025, however. In the meantime, the 31-year-old served an alternative prison sentence* and subsequently filed a new asylum application in Friedland.

* Serving time in jail when unable to pay a monetary fine. 

The case once more shows the massive problem of the so-called Dublin Treaty, said Lower Saxony's Interior Minister, Daniela Behrens (SPD). The Dublin Treaty (or Convention) governs the distribution of asylum-seekers in Europe. Accordingly, the suspect should no longer have been in Germany, but rather in Lithuania.

"It is incomprehensible to the citizens that this person could stay in Germany for years, even though another EU state was responsible for them," said Behrens. She demanded a complete investigation into why the suspect was not removed. At the same time, she cautioned against exploiting the case to stir up hate.

DNA traces incriminate suspect

After the finding of DNA traces, the suspect was confronted with the accusation by an investigating judge at a specialized hospital. The 31-year-old exercised his right to remain silent. Upon the order of the prosecutor's office, a detention order was issued for manslaughter.

Just on Wednesday, the police warned against speculation on social media. Speculation as to the circumstances, according to their evaluation at that time, was (considered) unfounded. A Facebook entry by the Alternative für Deutschland District Association in Eichsfeld had raised the question: "Murder in Friedland?" and intensified the debate.

Psychiatric abnormalities

According to the State Prosecutor's Office, the accused showed psychiatric abnormalities on the day of the crime. In the past, he has reportedly been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. Whether he will serve a prison sentence in case of conviction or be permanently placed in a psychiatric clinic is as yet not known.

Hatem Bazian: His Latest Toxic Rant

Hat tip Memri TV

Hatem Bazian and friends

UC Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian, just one of a huge number of "academics" embarrassing the UC system, is at it again. Speaking on August 15, 2025, at a Muslim community center in Folsom, California, he attacked Israel, Netanyahu, and President Trump, as well as Zionism and opposition to anti-Semitism itself. He accused Netanyahu of wanting to take over countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia! At least he didn't mention Argentina. Memri TV has posted several clips from his rant.

Bazian, who is originally from Nablus in the West Bank, somehow made it to our shores as a student at San Francisco State University. While a student there, he acquired a reputation as an anti-Semitic agitator on campus. He was noted for a number of inflammatory statements, like calling for an intifada in America and telling his listeners to count the number of Jewish names on university buildings. After getting his degree, he hung around, got more degrees, and became a professor at Berkeley.

In addition to all that, he is the co-founder of a number of notorious organizations and entities, including Students for Justice in Palestine, American Muslims for Palestine, and the UC Berkeley-based Islamophobia Research Project.

Over the years, I have heard Bazian speak three times, twice at UC Irvine and once at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In short, I consider him toxic, and in my view, his words have contributed to the climate of anti-Semitism that exists at UC Berkeley and other campuses, within and outside the UC system.

 

Germany: Eritrean Charged with Brutal Attack on Two Women

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

Horb am Neckar

In the morning of August 25, in the town of Horb am Neckar (Baden-Württemberg), two women were brutally attacked by a man wielding a metal pole, seriously injuring his victims, who were hospitalized. A 27-year-old man from Eritrea is now facing charges for the attack. He has reportedly been living in Germany since 2015.

(Angela Merkel was unavailable for comment.)

The article below from Südwest Presse is translated by Fousesquawk.

After attack in Horb

41-year-old out of critical condition - Suspect in pre-trial detention

26 August 2025 at 14:27 Horb time

The suspect was arrested shortly after the crime.

One day after the crime in Unteren Marktplatz at Horber Gutermannstrasse, the suspect, a 27-year-old, was brought before the sitting judge at the Rottweil District Court. As the Pforzheim Police Presidium and the Rottweil State Prosecutor's Office report, a custodial order was issued. The suspect is now in pre-trial custody on suspicion of attempted manslaughter, as well as the existing danger of flight.

After initially not giving information as to the nationality, it is reported that he has Eritrean nationality. "He is an asylum-seeker who has lived in Germany since 2015 and has also worked here," the report states.

Police and the State Prosecutor's Office believe that on early Monday morning, the accused took a metal pole used as a barrier and used it to hit two women, ages 41 and 31. According to the report, the 41-year-old is out of danger. The 31-year-old was also seriously injured. The exact motive of the crime is the object of further investigation.

Germany: Afghans Go at it with Knives in Berlin

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

 

On Saturday evening in Berlin, two groups of Afghans engaged in a mass knife fight in front of the city's Humboldt Forum*. Six of them are now in the hospital with knife wounds, one in critical condition, as police search for the others and try to figure out what went wrong. (I have some ideas).

The below article from RBB24 (News) is translated by Fousesquawk.

* The Humboldt Forum is a recently completed rebuilding of the former imperial palace in Berlin. It is now a museum.

6 injured in stabbing at Humboldt Forum

Sunday, August 24, 2025 18:16

Two groups clashed Saturday evening in Berlin-Mitte. The fight among them escalated, and some drew knives. In the end, 6 of the participants were injured, one of them in a life-threatening condition.

On Saturday evening, 6 men were injured in an altercation in Berlin-Mitte.

A 24-year-old man was critically injured in the back, a police report stated on Sunday. The other injured, aged 20-26 years, suffered cut and stab wounds on the hands, legs, pelvis, and upper body and were taken to a hospital. 

14-year-old turned over to child emergency services

The police were alerted because at the Humboldt Forum, two groups of men armed with knives were reportedly going at each other.

According to initial reports, there were somewhere between 8 and 10 people involved in the altercation at the Karl Liebknecht Bridge late Saturday evening. All of the injured are being investigated as suspects for mutual dangerous bodily injury. It is conceivable that other individuals were involved, and some may have fled before police officers arrived at the scene, according to a police spokesperson. Responding officers were unable to find any knives or such weapons.

The circumstances of the bloody altercation are still unclear. It is being investigated whether the groups had met earlier at Alexanderplatz (Square) and possibly had an argument there, the police spokesperson told RBB (news). The police were called at around 9:45 pm. At the scene, the officers took a 14-year-old girl and two 19 and 20-year-old men into custody. Shortly afterward, they were released. The police believe that they are witnesses. The 14-year-old was turned over to the care of  Child Emergency Services.

Scene of the crime (see map).

Ethnic Studies in California and Anti-Semitism

I am cross-posting an op-ed by my friend and colleague, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. It concerns the controversial ethnic studies movement in California and how it contributes to anti-Semitism in our schools and universities. At issue specifically is California Assembly Bill 715, which is intended to protect Jewish students in grades K-12. It is being fiercely opposed by the University of California Ethnic Studies Faculty Council. Also highlighted is a local school board meeting (Pajaro Valley Unified School District) in which the ugly divisions were on full display.

 The link to Tammi's article can be accessed here. I have also cut and pasted the text below.

The Other Antisemitism of Liberated Ethnic Studies

 

By: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
Published: August 27, 2025

AB 715 — a bill that sets basic protections against antisemitism in K–12 curricula, particularly ethnic studies — passed the California Assembly unanimously in June and now heads to a Senate vote. The fiercest opposition comes from the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council and other advocates of the “liberated” ethnic studies movement, a narrow, extremist variant of the discipline whose published materials have trafficked in dangerous antisemitic tropes. In a recent Instagram post, the council escalated from policy debate to personal attack, dubbing the bill’s Jewish author the “2025 Top Genocide Denier” and a “Champion of Racism.”

The tactic is familiar: deny antisemitism and discredit those who try to address it. That playbook was on full display at an April Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) board meeting.

Jewish community members had come to oppose renewing the district’s contract with Community Responsive Education (CRE), a consulting group led by San Francisco State professor Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales. She chaired the committee behind California’s original ethnic studies curriculum — a version criticized for antisemitic content and rejected by the governor. PVUSD had tapped CRE to help implement AB 101, the 2021 law requiring all California high school students to take ethnic studies to graduate.

Community members warned that CRE’s framework erases Jewish identity, delegitimizes Jewish self-determination and dismisses antisemitism concerns.

Instead of listening, Trustee Gabriel Medina accused speakers of “propaganda” and “manipulative tactics,” claiming they only show up to “tell brown people who they are,” dismissing concerns as “lies,” and mocking emotional testimony. Trustee Joy Flynn invoked antisemitic tropes, referencing “the economic power historically held by the Jewish community.”

This reflected a pattern familiar to Jews concerned by growing evidence of antisemitism in ethnic studies: Critics aren’t engaged; they’re smeared as racists or oppressors.

That pattern appeared early, during the development of the state’s curriculum. One co-author, Cal State Northridge professor Theresa Montaño, later a founder of the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, responded to Jewish criticism by blaming a “very rich, very wealthy, very well-connected segment of the (Jewish) community” for derailing the curriculum. She claimed it proved “white privilege and white racism” in California.

The same tactics surfaced in higher education. When UC faculty raised concerns about an ethnic studies admissions requirement — including cost, unclear standards and lack of consultation — they were met with denunciation, not dialogue. In a press release titled “UC Ethnic Studies Under Attack,” the proposal’s authors, professors Christine Hong and Andrew Jolivette, accused colleagues of supporting “racist, anti-Black, anti-Indigenous” policies, casting academic objections as “white supremacist backlash.”

When the UC Academic Senate ultimately rejected the proposal, the backlash was swift. Faculty who voted no or abstained were publicly doxxed by the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, which encouraged followers to “CONDEMN THEM NOW!” One council leader declared opponents “complicit with white supremacy.” The message was clear: dissent is not allowed.

Far from being an unintended consequence, this dynamic is central to how “liberated” ethnic studies operates. The discipline, as promoted by its most vocal advocates, treats disagreement as oppression and uses ideological jargon to punish nonconformity. Every critique becomes proof of the discipline’s necessity, and every dissenter, a villain.

To be clear, AB 101 doesn’t mandate a particular version of ethnic studies. But in practice, the approach that embraces antisemitism is the one rapidly gaining ground, because its architects are training the next generation of teachers, and few dare to challenge them.

The PVUSD meeting wasn’t an outlier. It was a warning. When Jews raise concerns, they are vilified. When faculty object, they are harassed. This isn’t how an academic discipline behaves, it’s how an ideological movement enforces conformity.

Whatever one thinks of AB 715, the antisemitic rhetoric marshaled against it — denial, inversion, scapegoating — confirms the problem. California’s students deserve better. The state must rethink its ethnic studies mandate.

Tammi Rossman-Benjamin is the executive director of AMCHA Initiative, a nonprofit organization that combats campus antisemitism. She served as faculty at the University of California for nearly two decades.
 

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/08/26/guest-commentary-the-other-antisemitism-of-liberated-ethnic-studies/
 

It is striking and depressing at the same time to see the apparent hostility that the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council has towards the Jewish community in their opposition to AB 715, which is intended to protect Jewish students from being ostracized and bullied. They are pushing teaching programs that lump Jews into some "privileged white" category that is supposedly hostile to other minorities. They are peddling a false narrative that is intensifying anti-Jewish feeling in our schools and universities. Those who must suffer the consequences are our Jewish students, teachers, and other school employees.

As one who taught part-time within the University of California system (UC Irvine 1998-2016), I find it reprehensible that UC university officials are involved in this misguided movement that can only divide school communities by race and religion while exacerbating an already exploding wave of anti-Semitism. They are not representing the University of California well, in my humble opinion.

Good News in the Fuehrer Bunker

 

"Good news, mein Fuehrer. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey are getting married."

Switzerland: Two Nights of Rioting in Lausanne Following Death of Young Migrant in Police Chase

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

Lausanne

The Swiss city of Lausanne has experienced two consecutive nights of rioting following the death of a 17-year-old migrant who died in a crash during a police chase. The young man, who has been identified as Marvin M. by various sources, was being chased on a stolen scooter when he crashed into a wall. He is reportedly of African origin. The incident happened around 3:45 am on Sunday morning and has been followed by two nights of rioting (Sunday and Monday).

The article below from the French-language 24 Heures (Switzerland) is translated by Fousesquawk.

Riots in Lausanne

Second night of riots has resulted in 7 arrests

Between 150-200 persons wreaked havoc in the Prelaz quarter of Lausanne on Monday evening.

-By Mathilde Schott

Posted August 26, 2025 at 07:23, Updated August 26, 2025 at 09:18 

Caption: Second night of riots in the Prelaz quarter

Containers and trash cans set on fire in the road, TL bus damaged, stones, mortars, Molotov cocktails, and pyrotechnic devices thrown. For the second consecutive night, the streets of Lausanne were very unsettled Monday evening. 

According to Lausanne police, between 150-200 persons, some of whom were wearing masks/hoods, moved burning containers and trash cans onto the road in the Lausanne quarter of Prelaz shortly before 10 pm, Monday evening.

Following this second night of riots, 7 persons were arrested. The Public Prosecutor's Office and the Juvenile Court will be informed.

Caption: Containers and trash cans on fire.

Around 10:50 pm, police report that other young people damaged a TL bus in the Boveresses/Praz-Sechaud quarter and set containers on fire.

Rubber bullets and tear gas grenades

Police state that necessary measures were deployed to restore order and disperse the protesters. According to police, the first patrols who arrived at the riot sites were pelted with stones, construction barriers, Molotov cocktails, and pyrotechnic devices.

Caption: On Avenue Morges in Lausanne

Police had to fire 4 rounds of rubber bullets and 54 tear gas grenades. A fire engine was also deployed to spray water and disperse the protesters.

Under protection of police, firefighters extinguished about a dozen fires. Calm was restored shortly after midnight. 

Criminal complaint by TL

For their part, the TL will file a criminal complaint for property damage. City of Lausanne services have been tasked with removing debris and cleaning up the damaged roadway following various fires.

A new appeal for calm has been issued by police and Lausdanne authorities. Young people are urged to respect the calm and public order. As of now, neither any of the protesters nor the police have been injured. 

Caption: Trash cans on fire in the roadway.

France: US Ambassador Summoned: Sends Chargé d'Affaires

Quai d'Orsay (French Foreign Ministry)

Charles Kushner, who is the American Ambassador to France and the father of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was summoned to the French Foreign Ministry today to explain his letter criticizing the French government in the face of the surge in anti-Semitism in France. Rather than attend the dressing down himself, Kushner sent his charge d'affaires, which is also raising eyebrows in France.

While I share in the criticism of the French government when it comes to anti-Semitism in France, I don't have enough knowledge to state whether quiet diplomacy between two friendly nations would have better served the situation. 

I don't know if Kushner was out of the country or otherwise unavailable, but in my view, if he was in France, he should have probably gone to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive the protest rather than send his number two, the chargé d'affaires, to face the heat even though it is the latter position that does most of the heavy work in our embassies. 

To get a look at the French reaction, the article in Le Figaro below is translated by Fousesquawk.

Summons of American ambassador to Paris: Charles Kushner sends his chargé d'affaires to replace him.

By Roman Lestani

4 hours ago

The American diplomat was summoned to the Quai d'Orsay on Monday after sending a letter strongly criticizing the action of the French government in the face of an increase in anti-Semitic acts.

That is not diplomatic language. However, the US ambassador did not go to his meeting at the Quai d'Orsay scheduled for Monday, Le Figaro learned from a French diplomatic source. Charles Kushner, father of Donald Trump's son-in-law, had been summoned to explain himself after the publication of a letter in which he openly castigated the action of the French government, and more precisely, Emmanuel Macron, in the fight against anti-Semitism.

Instead of Charles Kushner, it is the chargé d'affaires, another diplomat, charged with assuming the functions of the ambassador in cases of his/her absence or unavailability, who was summoned. The latter was received by the deputy director general of Political Affairs and Security, as well as by the director of the Americas and Caribbean (section) of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the same source confided. During the course of this meeting, it was transmitted to the chargé d’affaires that the criticism levied by the ambassador constituted an interference in the internal affairs of France. The American diplomat indicated, nevertheless, that Charles Kushner expressed his readiness to work with France in the fight against anti-Semitism. 

"Remarkable work"

In his letter published on Sunday, addressed to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the American ambassador expressed "his deep concern in the face of the surge of anti-Semitism in France and the absence of sufficient action from its government to combat it." These are "unacceptable allegations" for the Quai d'Orsay, but supported by Washington on Monday, indicating that "Ambassador Kushner is the representative of the United States in France and is doing remarkable work in this role in advancing our national interests." 

For the French government, these remarks from an American diplomat posted in France violate the Vienna Convention of 1961, which governs diplomatic relations and enshrines the "duty not to involve oneself in the internal affairs of states." In addition, such declarations are not commensurate with the quality of the transatlantic connection between France and the United States and the trust that should result between allies, " Paris stated.

A German Cop Killed With His Own Weapon: Looking Back at the Michael Brown Case

This article first appeared in New English Review.

Michael Brown

Just days ago a German police officer was shot and killed while on duty in the small town of  Völklingen (Saarland). He and his partner were called to the scene of a robbery in progress at a local gas station. The suspect attempted to flee but was chased down by the two officers. During the ensuing struggle, the suspect managed to grab an officer's gun and fired several shots at him, killing him in the process. The suspect was also shot and wounded and taken into custody. As the media usually does in Germany, the suspect was only partially identified as an 18-year-old "German with Turkish citizenship".

Of course, this latest tragedy raises once again the question of Europe's catastrophic immigration and asylum policy that has allowed millions of young men from the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and other places, with the resultant explosion in crime, terrorism, the loss of innocent lives, and now a German police officer. Not knowing the exact background of the suspect, I will leave it at that.

However, this incident brings to mind the case of a police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 that led to riots in St Louis and constant news coverage around the country. I am referring to the case of Michael Brown, a black teenager shot and killed by a white police officer, Darren Wilson.

To recount, the events are now pretty clear even though at the time, activists tried to paint it as an unjustified shooting of Brown while he had his hands up and was supposedly in the act of surrendering-the so-called "hands up, don't shoot" claim. Brown had just previously been involved in shoplifting in a convenience store and, fitting the description of the suspect, was stopped by Wilson a few minutes later. Brown then attempted to grab Wilson's weapon while he was still in the car. A struggle ensued inside and outside the car. Brown then charged Wilson, who had his gun out. The officer, knowing that Brown was attempting to take his weapon, fired, and Brown was killed. While many thought that the shooting was unjustified, several (black) witnesses backed up Wilson's version of the events, and he was cleared.. 

As a retired DEA agent, I can tell you that when you are holding someone at gunpoint and he tries to charge you, there is a legitimate reason to believe your life is in danger if that suspect takes your weapon.

Looking now at the case of the officer killed in Völklingen, Germany, I need not go into further detail.  

The case has shocked Germany, a nation that is now experiencing the violent crime we used to associate with America, as opposed to a relatively safe Europe. Unfortunately, those days are over, at least in Western Europe, still bringing more and more questionable people into their countries while the Eastern European members of the European Union are resisting the EU's attempts to force them to take in their "fair share" of migrants and so-called asylum-seekers.

I don't know what the rules of engagement are for German and other European cops. Shockingly, many of England's cops still go unarmed, with specialized armed units trained to respond to serious attacks. It's insane. Unless Europe wakes up, they are going to see many more of its officers shot and killed by these violent people it has allowed in. Hopefully, the rules of engagement will be examined, and if, needed, adjusted to fit the new reality.

Germany: American Good Samaritan Stabbed on Dresden Streetcar

Dresden

It was what has now become an all-too-familiar scene in Germany these days. Late at night this past weekend, young women were being harassed by a group of young Arab men on a streetcar in Dresden, arguably Germany's most beautiful city. A young American man did what most American men would do in such a situation. He intervened on behalf of the women, at which point, he was beaten by one of the Arabs. Before it was over, another Arab man slashed the victim with a knife, causing several cuts to the face as both men fled. The incident has even led to headlines from the American press.

One of the men, who apparently was not the stabber but rather the first suspect who initiated the fight, was captured a short distance away. However, the on-duty prosecutor ordered his release on grounds described below. That suspect is identified as a Syrian man, Majd A., who has a previous record for robbery and assault.

So the police are now searching for the stabber, and both men are under investigation for aggravated assault.

As an aside, when I was a young US soldier stationed in Germany, I happened to intervene on a couple of occasions when I witnessed someone getting beaten in public. Back then, the people involved were German. Now, it is a different situation in Germany. Germans, who typically don't walk around with guns or knives, know that these young migrants and "asylum-seekers" in Germany, millions that former chancellor Angela Merkel allowed in during the Syrian civil war, are armed with knives or guns that they will not hesitate to use.  You literally take your life in your hands now when you get involved with these thugs from the Middle East, Afghanistan, and other hellholes. At least in our country, we have the Second Amendment.

Angela Merkel

"Wir schaffen dass" (We can do this)

The article below from BILD is translated by Fousesquawk.

Knife attack on US citizen on Dresden street car

"Bloody hell"

Horror also in America's media: Syrian suspect

Streetcar crime scene. Right: This is how the US newspaper, New York Post reports on the bloody crime in Dresden. Contrary to the headline, the identity of the fugitive stabber is not yet known. The second suspect, according to the police, is a Syrian citizen. 

-By Thomas Fischer and Lena Stoffelen

August 25, 2025 13:27

Dresden-The knife attack on an American (21) on a Dresden streetcar has caused horror in his homeland. "Bloody hell" (literally translated: "Bloody Hell", meaning something like "Damn it" in German), the New York Post writes in the headline on the bloody crime.

It happened early Sunday morning around 12:25 am, on Streetcar Line 7 from Weixdorf to Pennrich  (Dresden). At the streetcar stop at the well-known Goldenen Reiter, according to police, two men from a group were harassing female passengers.

Passenger tried to protect the women

Police spokesman Lukas Reumund (48) told BILD: "A 21-year-old US citizen intervened and, in the ensuing altercation, was injured by one of the perpetrators with a knife. The two perpetrators then fled from the crime scene." The seriously injured US citizen was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Alerted, police were able to arrest one of the two suspects 700 meters farther on at another stop a little later. The 21-year-old, according to BILD's information, is named Majd A., according to police, a Syrian citizen who had fled with a rental scooter. Reumond: "We are investigating him and the as-yet-unknown person for serious bodily injury, among other things."

Victim suffered a cut to his face

After the incident, there were bloodstains visible on the streetcar, and tissues on the floor with which helpers had tried to stop the bleeding. Police spokesman Thomas Geithner (51) told BILD: "The US citizen was injured with several cuts with a knife." Initially, it was reported that there was one cut. His life was not in danger.

Caption: Police were able to arrest one suspect at a stop near the Marien Bridge, about 700 meters from the scene of the crime.

Accomplice has been released

According to BILD's information, Majd A. is not the stabber; the suspect who escaped caused the serious injuries. (Majd) A., according to BILD's information, initially attacked the US citizen with punches. The Syrian, who fled the scene on an E-scooter, is (previously) known to police for dangerous bodily injury, robbery, and unlawful entry.

Police spokesman Geithner: "He was temporarily arrested and, through a decision by the state prosecutor's office, was released". 

Caption: Crime scene: The New City Market with the Goldener Reiter (Golden Rider) in the Dresden central city.

How the senior state prosecutor explains the release

Senior State Prosecutor Juergen Schmidt (50) explains in a response to BILD's inquiry: "After an evaluation by the on-duty state prosecutor, there were insufficient grounds (to keep him) in custody. The  knife attack cannot be attributed to him."

The prosecutors, according to BILD's information, saw no chance of obtaining a custody order from the investigating judge. Despite his leaving the scene of the crime, there was no risk of flight, obstruction, or repeat offense. Majd A. has a fixed residence.

Stabber reportedly came back after fight

As BILD learned, there was initially an argument, by which, the US citizen was allegedly beaten by Majd A. (21). The second suspect was reportedly also involved.

Subsequently, the second suspect reportedly came back onto the streetcar and caused the serious injuries. This is considered an isolated incident, even though both men are being investigated.

How witnesses can report to police

The footage from the streetcar surveillance camera has now been secured. However, the police are still searching for witnesses to the crime-especially the several passengers on the streetcar, who can give information on the incident.

The weapon disappeared, and the second suspect is still on the run. Police spokesman Thomas Geithner: "We are searching for him at full speed. We expect to be able to identify him soon." Dresden Police are taking tips about the subject being sought at telephone number 0351/483 22 33.

*Update (August 25, 2025): 

The German daily, Welt, has posted an Instagram video of the American victim speaking out about Germany's immigration problems in light of his attack. He speaks in English, and German subtitles are in the video. His words are very succinct. Hopefully, somebody in Germany's government is paying attention to what he says.

*Update (August 26, 2025). The 21-year-old Syrian (Majd A.) has been rearrested in light of additional evidence linking him to the knife attack. 

Germany: Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty

Hat tip Gates of Vienna, RAIR Foundation, and Vlad Tepes for subtitling of T-Online (Germany) video below. Translation by Fousesquawk.

In the small German town of Voelklingen (Saarland), a 34-year-old police officer was shot and killed by a robbery suspect who managed to grab the officer's gun and fire several rounds at him. Various news reports describe the suspect as an 18-year-old "German" (italics mine) with Turkish citizenship. Various sources also report that the suspect was also wounded.

Netherlands: Sexual Attack in Amsterdam: Suspect Arrested at Center for Asylum-Seekers

Last Friday, a woman was sexually attacked by a man in the Weesperzijde neighborhood of Amsterdam. On Thursday, a suspect in the case was arrested at a local center for asylum-seekers. Though police have yet to make a connection, they are investigating whether the man (not further identified) might be involved in the murder of a 17-year-old girl found on Wednesday morning about 5 kilometers away.

The article below from RTL Nieuws is translated by Fousesquawk.

*Update: (8-22-2025): It appears from later reports that the suspect may be involved in both incidents.

Hat tip Gates of Vienna.

Woman seriously abused

Man (22) arrested for a sex offense in  Amsterdam's Weesperzijde (neighborhood): Police investigate if there is a connection with the death of Lisa

By RTL News-18 hours ago. Updated 9 hours ago.

Last night, police arrested a 22-year-old man who is suspected of a serious sex offense in the Weesperzijde in Amsterdam. A woman was attacked and seriously abused sexually there. The police are investigating if there are indications that the suspect might be involved in the death of 17-year-old Lisa from Abcoude, a spokesperson informed RTL News. But the police cannot yet say if there is a connection between the cases.  

A police arrest team arrested the suspect at a Central Agency for Reception of Asylum-Seekers (COA) location in Amsterdam. He is a man without a fixed abode or place to stay. Police declined to state his nationality.

Approached by an unknown man

He is suspected of a serious sexual crime last Friday in the Weesperzijde neighborhood. While walking along the water, a woman was approached by an unknown man and assaulted. That happened around 00:30 am.

The victim was beaten and seriously abused sexually. The suspect fled in the direction of the city center.

Police initiated a large-scale investigation and tracked down the suspect with the aid of camera images in the area.

Death of 17-year-old in Duivendrecht

On Wednesday morning, 17-year-old Lisa from Abcoude was found dead in Duivendrecht. She herself called the police because she was being followed by a man who was on a bicycle. The Holterbergweg, where she was found, lies some 5 kilometers from Weesperzijde. 

A police spokesperson informs RTL News: "We are handling the cases separately, but we are looking into whether there is a connection."

Currently, the man is only suspected of involvement in the sexual offense in Weesperszijde. He is not a suspect in the case of the 17-year-old girl.