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Teenager allegedly threatened residents of Berlin accommodation with knife
A teenager allegedly threatened several residents with a knife at refugee accommodation on Heerstraße in Berlin at about 10:45 p.m. on 15 January. Police said he had previously been removed from the facility after altercations with other teenagers and allegedly entered it again afterwards. He then allegedly pursued two 18-year-old men and a 57-year-old man intending to injure them in a knife attack. The three men avoided him and fled. According to police, the suspect also damaged a window and a door, announced a fire before fleeing, and was not found during a search. The investigation is ongoing.
Source: www.berlin.de
Documented information
- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Berlin, Berlin
- Category
- Knife attacks
- Injury information
- No injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- Not separately confirmed
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