Government critic: attack on Turkish journalists in Berlin

Government critic: attack on Turkish journalists in Berlin

Erk Acarer, a journalist living in exile in Germany, has been charged in Turkey for publishing sensitive information about government activities. Acarer has now been attacked in Berlin.

The anti-government Turkish journalist Erk Acarer, who lives in exile in Germany, has been attacked in Berlin. According to the police, Acarer was injured by several attackers on Wednesday evening in the Berlin district of Rudow in the Neukölln district.

He suffered a head wound and received medical treatment. The attack should have occurred in the courtyard of his house, said a police spokeswoman on Thursday. The State Criminal Police Office (LKA) determined. Several media had previously reported.

Acarer tweeted a photo of himself on Wednesday evening and wrote in Turkish: “I was attacked with a knife and fist in my house in Berlin.” His life is not in danger, has some swelling on his head and is in the hospital. «I know the perpetrators. I will never surrender to fascism. ” He and his family are under police protection. In a video from Thursday morning, he spoke of three attackers.

Acarer was charged along with other journalists in Turkey. They were accused of disclosing classified information about state security and intelligence activities. According to Amnesty International, the background was, among other things, reports of an employee of the Turkish secret service killed in Libya.

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