https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Israeli professor was the victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime on the streets of Bonn on Wednesday. But when police arrived at the scene they mistook him for the offender and physically assaulted him. https://www.thelocal.de/20180712/victim-of-anti-semitic-hate-crime-assaulted-by-police-after-identity-mix-up Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:53:17 +0200 victim-of-anti-semitic-hate-crime-assaulted-by-police-after-identity-mix-up In each of the previous four months people have been violently assaulted in Berlin’s Neukölln district because of their sexuality. The queer community is now trying to raise awareness of the issue. https://www.thelocal.de/20180517/string-of-homophobic-attacks-in-berlins-neuklln-worries-lgbt-community Thu, 17 May 2018 15:00:19 +0200 string-of-homophobic-attacks-in-berlins-neuklln-worries-lgbt-community A Turkish group in Germany said Thursday it was taking legal action against a state leader of the far-right AfD who defamed the ethnic minority as "camel drivers". https://www.thelocal.de/20180215/afd-leader-calls-turks-camel-drivers-who-should-go-back-to-where-they-belong Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:55:12 +0100 afd-leader-calls-turks-camel-drivers-who-should-go-back-to-where-they-belong Police are investigating after someone placed body parts of dead pigs on wooden stakes at the construction site of a planned mosque in Erfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20170530/planned-erfurt-mosque-targeted-with-dead-pigs-on-wooden-stakes Tue, 30 May 2017 14:14:45 +0200 planned-erfurt-mosque-targeted-with-dead-pigs-on-wooden-stakes A man in Berlin reported being insulted and attacked by a family, including by children, due to his sexuality, according to police. https://www.thelocal.de/20170529/berlin-man-taken-to-hospital-after-homophobic-attack-by-family-with-kids-police Mon, 29 May 2017 13:00:39 +0200 berlin-man-taken-to-hospital-after-homophobic-attack-by-family-with-kids-police In a case of shocking heartlessness, two men in eastern Germany are accused of racially abusing a young Egyptian woman moments after their friend drove over her. Three days later, the woman died of her injuries. https://www.thelocal.de/20170428/young-men-drive-over-egyptian-student-then-mock-her-as-she-lies-dyin Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:16:01 +0200 young-men-drive-over-egyptian-student-then-mock-her-as-she-lies-dyin Two young men in Saxony-Anhalt have been sentenced to years in prison for beating up a Pakistani man and leaving him on train tracks, where he barely escaped. https://www.thelocal.de/20170322/two-racist-men-jailed-for-leaving-beaten-pakistani-on-train-tracks Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:58:02 +0100 two-racist-men-jailed-for-leaving-beaten-pakistani-on-train-tracks A German neo-Nazi was sentenced to eight years jail Thursday for an arson attack on a sports hall that had been designated to house refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20170210/neo-nazi-given-8-years-jail-for-torching-refugee-shelter Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:21:58 +0100 neo-nazi-given-8-years-jail-for-torching-refugee-shelter A shop owner in Bavaria has been convicted for incitement of hatred after he posted a sign in his store window that compared refugees to dogs. https://www.thelocal.de/20161117/shop-owner-convicted-for-sign-saying-refugees-stay-outside Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:12:16 +0100 shop-owner-convicted-for-sign-saying-refugees-stay-outside A group of young men left a black man bloodied and unconscious after he tried to stop them harassing some Somalis, Munich police have reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20160713/munich-man-beaten-in-worst-racist-attack-in-years Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:15:31 +0200 munich-man-beaten-in-worst-racist-attack-in-years A man is under investigation for assault after he allegedly beat a Muslim woman over the weekend in the northern city of Kiel. https://www.thelocal.de/20160706/muslim-woman-brutally-attacked-in-kiel Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:47:02 +0200 muslim-woman-brutally-attacked-in-kiel A young man reported being attacked in the east of the capital in Tuesday evening by a group of three men who spotted his religious skullcap. https://www.thelocal.de/20160622/jewish-man-beaten-in-berlin-for-wearing-kippah Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:03:25 +0200 jewish-man-beaten-in-berlin-for-wearing-kippah Police in Berlin are investigating an arson attack on a mosque in the capital city after a man walking past saw flames at the entrance in the early hours of Saturday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20110108/32297 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:37:00 +0100 32297