The Koca Sinan Mosque, a Turkish mosque, in Germany capital Berlin was set on fire early Sunday in the latest incident of a series of attacks targeting the country’s Turkish and Muslim community by PKK sympathizers and far-right groups.
The mosque, belonging to the Turkish-Muslim organization DITIB, was badly damaged in the arson attack.
“Witnesses told us that three assailants with covered faces threw burning material and immediately ran away,” said Bayram Turk, the head of the mosque association.
Türk said that two people stated that they saw three assailants wearing masks throwing inflammable material to the mosque and running away from the scene.
Attacks by PKK sympathizers gained pace after the launch of Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch to root out PKK-affiliated People’s Protection Forces (YPG) terrorists in Afrin on Jan. 20. Numerous mosques and Turkish community centers in several German cities and even the Turkish embassy in Berlin have been attacked by YPG/PKK supporters.
Source: AA
