File photo: Chabad of Berlin. Inset: 22-year-old Israeli victim Yosef Damari.

Albanian Man Convicted of Killing Israeli in Berlin

An Albanian man has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 8½ years in prison for the beating death of a 22-year-old Israeli man on his way to the Chabad-run Pesach Seder in Berlin last year.

From Yahoo News:

The state court in Berlin ruled Tuesday that the suspect killed 22-year-old Yosi Damari after the men met at a hostel and got into an argument for reasons that remain unclear, news agency DPA reported. The suspect, whose name wasn’t released in line with German privacy laws, was arrested days later in the Czech Republic.

The 28-year-old Albanian, who had come to Berlin because of a job offer, had told judges he was attacked by the Israeli, and then knocked him to the ground.

Damari’s body was found by passers-by in an abandoned church. He had suffered massive head injuries.

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