A brutal attack on a Jewish student caused horror in Berlin. Now the country is drawing conclusions.
As a result of an attack on a Jewish student at the Free University, the Berlin Senate wants to tighten higher education law.
The option to de-register students, which was only abolished in 2021, is to be reintroduced for certain cases. Senate spokeswoman Christine Richter announced this after a Senate meeting.
According to the information, Berlin is the only federal state without the possibility of exmatriculating students. The red-red-green coalition abolished such sanctions in 2021. The current university law stipulates a maximum of three months’ ban on entering the premises.
The Jewish FU student Lahav Shapira was hospitalized a week ago with broken bones in his face. A pro-Palestinian fellow student is said to have hit and kicked him on a street in Berlin-Mitte. The public prosecutor’s office assumes a targeted attack and an anti-Semitic background.
The case caused great upheaval in the city after it became known and also put the management of the FU under pressure. The FU has now banned the suspected attacker from entering the building for an initial period of three months.
Source: Stern
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