"The incident attracted significant media coverage at the time, as well as condemnation from the state media minister, a spokesperson for then Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany's main journalists' union, the DJV, and Reporters Without Borders. Although Alkhaled has video footage of the incident and a year has passed, police and state prosecutors are still carrying out an investigation into unknown men suspected of malicious injury and defamation."
"Once Al Shami had sat down for what was scheduled to be a short video interview, Alkhaled said, the same man interrupted the interview, kicked the camera and began verbally abusing him. "It was super scary," Alkhaled remembered. "I felt that they were professional boxers, the way they were beating me. It wasn't like they were beating for the first time. I'm so glad I got out of it, because they could also have done more.""
"Alkhaled, a Syrian-German TikTok team lead at DW's Arabic service, was assaulted after interviewing the Syrian hip-hop star Al Shami by men who, he says, appeared to be part of the singer's security team. Al Shami, a major star and TV personality in the Arab-speaking world, has a large following in Germany and was about to take to the stage at the Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf."
Adonis Alkhaled, a Syrian-German TikTok team lead at DW's Arabic service, was assaulted after interviewing Syrian hip-hop star Al Shami at a Dusseldorf concert in October 2024. Men who appeared to be part of the singer's security team interrupted the interview, kicked a camera, verbally abused him and then physically attacked him; Alkhaled described the beating as professional and terrifying. Alkhaled possesses video footage of the incident. Police and state prosecutors are carrying out an investigation into unknown men suspected of malicious injury and defamation, and authorities have declined or not yet provided public comment. The incident drew widespread condemnation from officials and press freedom groups.
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