Authorities in Berlin have detained a teenage Syrian refugee after a man was stabbed near the city’s Holocaust Memorial late Friday – as divisive rhetoric swells over Germany’s immigration policy, ahead of a consequential national election.

A Syrian man arrested after a stabbing attack at Berlin's Holocaust memorial that seriously wounded a Spanish tourist had been harbouring a "plan to kill Jews", police and prosecutors said Saturday. Police arrested a 28-year-old Afghan man at the scene of the attack in the southern city of Aschaffenburg.

A Syrian refugee is suspected in a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial, injuring a Spanish tourist. The suspect, arrested with evidence in Leipzig, is linked to intended anti-Semitic motives. Investigation probes possible mental illness and examines the attack's connection to Middle East conflicts amidst German election discourse on migration.