An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison in Germany for killing a police officer during a 2024 anti-Islam rally stabbing, motivated by Israel’s Gaza actions.

An Afghan man, Sulaiman A, was sentenced to life in prison by a German court for a 2024 stabbing at an anti-Islam rally in Mannheim organized by Pax Europa. He attacked a speaker and several demonstrators with a hunting knife, killing a police officer who intervened. Prosecutors said he sympathized with the Islamic State group but did not charge him as a terrorist. Sulaiman A confessed, citing Israel’s military actions in Gaza as motivation. He had arrived in Germany in 2013, sought asylum, and was denied but not deported due to his age. The attack occurred amid rising tensions over immigration and security, coinciding with growing support for Germany’s far-right AfD party.