A Syrian refugee who stabbed a tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial last year has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of attempted murder, among others, said a Berlin court spokesperson on Thursday.
The now 20-year-old Islamic State supporter used a knife to stab a 30-year-old Spanish tourist in the neck at the memorial in the heart of the German capital. The site is also close to the U.S. embassy in the city.
He inflicted life-threatening injuries that required the man to undergo emergency surgery and be placed in an induced coma.
Prosecutors said at the time that the Syrian national appeared to have been planning to kill Jews for several weeks, apparently motivated by the Middle Eastern conflict, which is why he chose the location. He was carrying a copy of the Koran and a prayer rug when he was arrested, and initial investigations suggested "connections with the Middle East conflict", they said.