BERLIN – German authorities registered at least 950 attacks on Muslims andMuslim institutions such as mosques in 2017, the Neue Osnabrueckner Zeitungreported in Saturday editions, citing data provided to lawmakers by theInterior Ministry.

The ministry said 33 people were injured in the attacks, of which 60 weredirected against mosques, some involving pig’s blood, the newspaperreported.

No data were available for comparisons since the ministry only beganseparately collecting data about anti-Islamic attacks – as opposed toanti-migrant attacks – in 2017.

Nearly all those responsible for the attacks were right-wing extremists,the data showed, according to the newspaper.

Aiman Mazyek, who heads the Central Council of Muslims, told the paper thenumber of attacks on Muslims and Muslim facilities was likely much highergiven that many authorities were not yet monitoring anti-Islamic incidentsspecifically and victims often failed to make police reports.