Three Jews Brutally Attacked in Berlin Subway; Attacks on Jews By Immigrant Youths Increasing

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) website reports that a man and two women were brutally attacked in Berlin, Germany on March 26, 2010, after an assailant demanded to know whether they were Jewish.

According to a statement from the Jewish community in Berlin, after the three said they were Jewish, the man went to get some friends who then beat the three -- all in their mid-20s -- in an underground train and on the platform in the Wilmersdorf section of Berlin.

Police are investigating the incident as an anti-Semitic and racist attack, as it began with the attackers cursing the victims. The youths then beat and kicked the two women and one attacker smashed a bottle over the man's head.

Levi Solomon, head of the Jewish community's department for combating anti-Semitism, said in a statement that "violent attacks on Jews or presumed Jews were increasingly committed by youths from immigrant circles.... especially among young Turks and Arabs."