BERLIN (AP) — An alleged accomplice of a man who was convicted of stabbing and seriously wounding a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial last year was arrested in the German capital on Wednesday.
The Syrian national, identified only as Khalaf A. in line with German privacy rules, is suspected of being an accessory to attempted murder and bodily harm, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
They said that he spent the afternoon before the attack on Feb. 21, 2025, with the man convicted of the stabbing, Wassim Al M., and encouraged him to carry out his plan.
Wassim Al M., also a Syrian citizen, was convicted in March on charges including attempted murder and attempted membership in a foreign terrorist organization. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
The Berlin district court found that he traveled from Leipzig to Berlin to carry out an attack in the name
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