Interior Minister Otto Schily said Tuesday that security had been stepped up around Jewish sites across the country. Police said two 21-year-old New Yorkers were walking along Kurfuerstendamm, an avenue in west Berlin famous for its upmarket cafes and stores, after 9:30 p.m. when the group of young men with "southern" (Mediterranean) features appeared. The men asked whether the bearded New Yorkers were Jewish before pushing them to the ground. Police said the victims' black and white clothes identified them as Orthodox Jews.
It's not German Nazis this time, it's Islamonazis. And the program appears to be coordinated Europe-wide. |