January 1st 2025.
On Tuesday, the Berlin police had a man in custody who had caused harm to two individuals in the Charlottenburg neighborhood. This incident has caused further concern in Germany, especially after the recent deadly attack at a Christmas market in another part of the country.
According to the authorities, the attacker is a Syrian citizen who currently resides in Sweden. Police spokesperson Jane Berndt stated that initial investigations suggest that the suspect may be suffering from mental illness and that there is no evidence of any terrorist motives. However, the investigation is still ongoing.
The police have categorized the incident as an attempted murder. It was reported that the attacker had targeted two men, one in a supermarket and the other on a sidewalk in front of a nearby hotel. He had allegedly used a knife that he had stolen from the supermarket to carry out the attack. The victims were immediately taken to the hospital, and while one of them was released after receiving outpatient treatment, the other remains hospitalized.
Media outlets in Berlin had initially reported that the attacker seemed to be targeting people at random. However, they also mentioned that several bystanders had intervened and managed to subdue the attacker until the police arrived at the scene. Charlottenburg is known to be a peaceful district in the German capital, making this incident even more shocking.
The country is still recovering from the tragedy that struck during the Christmas market attack, where five people lost their lives and over 200 were injured in the city of Magdeburg. A Saudi doctor has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to this attack.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, a man in southwestern Germany was shot and killed by the police after he stole an excavator and drove it into the front of a hardware store. The man had slightly injured three officers who were chasing him, according to reports from the German news agency dpa. The attacker has been identified as a 38-year-old German.
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