Witnesses reported hearing three loud bangs around 0:45 am local time during the suspected arson attack, which broke two front windows and damaged a third. An immediate search for suspects did not yield any results, and Munich’s criminal police have taken over the investigation, also involving Andreas Franck, the Bavarian justice system’s antisemitism commissioner. The exact type of device is still being examined by forensic experts, and the damaged windows have been temporarily secured and will be replaced.
The restaurant said it had not received any prior threats, but owner Grigori Dratva suggested a possible political motive. According to a wire report, Dratva indicated that as a visible Israeli restaurant, the assumption of a political motive is obvious. Despite the attack, the restaurant plans to reopen later the same day, with Dratva stating they will not be intimidated.
A rally is scheduled for 5 pm local time near the venue, with a number of organisations and individuals expected to attend. This incident occurs amid a broader context of rising antisemitism in Germany. Antisemitic offences in Germany have risen significantly in recent years, reaching a new peak in 2024, with authorities recording 6,236 cases, including 173 violent incidents, according to the Mediendienst Integration.
Security officials attribute around half of these offences to the far-right spectrum, while roughly 31% are linked to what authorities classify as a 'foreign ideology'. The number of offences related to the Middle East conflict had already nearly doubled between 2022 and 2023. In the wake of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the subsequent Israeli military offensive in Gaza, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) recorded 15,900 politically motivated offences by the end of September 2025, with around 6,400 of these cases classified as antisemitic.
In 2023 and 2024, most offences were attributed to what authorities describe as 'foreign' or 'religious ideology'.