„I‘m not Jewish, I‘m an Israeli, I grew up in Israel in an Arab family,“ the man told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

He was conducting what he termed an „experiment“ in response to a warning from a friend that wearing a kippa in Germany was unsafe, saying he refused to believe this.

An interview by Israeli broadcaster Kann identified the 21-year-old as Israeli Adam Armoush and showed that he was slightly injured by the belt.