Berlin · BE
Federal prosecutors take over investigation after knife attack in Berlin
Federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation into a suspected attempted murder at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial. A young adult is alleged to have attacked a person from behind with a knife in the memorial's stelae field on the early evening of 21 February, causing life-threatening injuries. He is accused of attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm. According to federal prosecutors, he is alleged to have acted from a radical Islamist and antisemitic conviction. Berlin's state criminal police office is continuing the investigation.
Source: www.presseportal.de
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- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Berlin, Berlin
- Category
- Knife attacks
- Injury information
- Life-threatening injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 1
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