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There was no immediate indication of a motive for the attack,
which comes two days before Germans vote in a national election
on Sunday.
Police spokesman Florian Nath told a news conference that the
attack happened at 6 p.m. “probably with a knife. Maybe with
something else.” Nearly three hours later, a male suspect
approached officers who had surrounded the memorial grounds. “He
had blood on his hands and this made him very suspicious," Nath
said.
Police arrested the man, handcuffing him and holding him on the
ground. Nath said police seized the attack weapon and would
interrogate the suspect as the investigation continued.
The victim was identified as a 30-year-old Spanish man, who was
taken to a hospital.
The attack took place at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of
Europe, a field of 2,700 gray concrete slabs near the
Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin, which honors the 6
million Jews killed in the Holocaust under the direction of Nazi
Germany.
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