Original translation by Hermes (with much thanks)

From Dei Welt:

A rabbi was beat and insulted by youngsters in the heart of Berlin. His little daughter was threatened with death presumably by youngsters of Arab origin. The state security (office) investigates.

A rabbi from the Jewish community in Berlin-Schöneberg was attacked by four youngsters and offended with anti-Semitic insults, all this in the presence of his little daughter. The 53 years old rabbi was walking on Tuesday evening in the Becker Street with his 6 years old daughter when, according to information given by the police, youngsters of presumably Arab origin attacked him, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

This case sparked horror. The mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit (SPD – German Socialist Part) labeled this as “a cowardly attack”. The European Jewish Congress also stepped in and reminded of the attack against the Jewish school in Toulouse in March. On that occasion, an islamist killed seven people.

Because the rabbi was wearing a traditional Jewish head cover (Kippa), the youngsters asked him whether he was a Jew, and after this, they suddenly blocked the way of the father and his daughter, and injured him with multiple beatings on his head. The youngsters insulted the victim and his belief, and also threatened his little daughter with death. All this happened on Tuesday at about 18:20 p.m.

Wowereit and Henkel are shocked

After this, the perpetrators escaped towards Ruben Street. The injured rabbi received outpatient treatment in a hospital. The State Police Security has initiated the investigations.

The mayor of Berlin expressed his shock on this case. The aggression was an attack against the peaceful coexistence of people in the capital. “Berlin is a metropolis open to the world in which we do not tolerate intolerance, xenophobia and anti-Semitism”, the mayor expressed.

The police will do everything in order to find and detain the perpetrators. The Minister of Interior Affairs of Berlin, Frank Henkel (CDU – German Christian Democratic Party) added that “this kind of acts will be mercilessly persecuted by the security forces”. No one should feel fear to profess one’s own religion.