Overview
- Three activists placing posters of Israeli hostages in Frankfurt’s Grüneburgpark were sprayed with red paint by masked people on Friday, according to Tagesschau.
- Police told DPA that participants from the System Change Camp emptied tubes of paint toward the group after a verbal altercation.
- Authorities filed criminal charges over property damage and announced a heightened police presence around the encampment.
- One victim was identified as Sacha Stawski of the Honestly Concerned initiative, who said he was hit in the face and on his clothing with paint.
- The camp’s spokesperson, Sebastian Blessing, said he was not aware of the attack and condemned violence, as Mayor Mike Josef denounced anti‑Semitic aggression and Green Party council members urged possible sanctions up to dissolving the camp.