BERLIN (AP) — A college student in Berlin beat a Jewish classmate until he was hospitalized after the two got into an argument Friday night about the Israel-Hamas conflict, police said.
The 30-year-old Jewish student was out with an acquaintance in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood shortly before midnight on Friday when he encountered a 23-year-old fellow student from the university.
The two students — the 23-year-old, who held strong pro-Palestinian views, and the 30-year-old Jewish student, who had posted pro-Israel views on social media — got into a heated discussion.
As the argument escalated, the 23-year-old repeatedly punched the 30-year-old in the face until he fell to the ground, police said.
The suspect kicked the older student while he was lying on the ground, then fled the scene.
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BERLIN, Police
Locations:
Berlin, Israel, Berlin’s Mitte, Berlin’s Schöneberg, Germany, Gaza