German authorities have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in a Friday stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial.

A 19-year-old Syrian man suspected of stabbing a Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial had planned for several weeks to kill Jewish people, Berlin police believe. The attack took place on Friday evening, with the assailant approaching the 30-year-old victim from behind before stabbing him and fleeing the scene.

Germany's Central Council of Muslims reacted with dismay on Monday to last week's knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. A 19-year-old Syrian refugee allegedly attacked a Spanish tourist with a knife at the memorial to Jews murdered by the Nazis on Friday,