According to the verdict, the attacker struck Shapira with his fist and kicked him in the face, leaving the Jewish student with a complex facial fracture and a brain hemorrhage.
A German court sentenced a 24-year-old man from Berlin to three years in prison on Thursday for the brutal assault of a Jewish student, ruling that the attack— which left the victim with serious injuries — was fueled by antisemitic hatred.
Formerly a student at the Free University of Berlin (FU), the defendant was found guilty for the attack on Lahav Shapira, the grandson of Amitzur Shapira — one of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Last year, Shapira, 32, was attacked outside a bar in the central Mitte district of Germany’s capital.