Also shot suspicious dead – diepresse.com
An attacker stabbed a man in a conflict in a Berlin subway station and fatally injured. The alleged attacker was provided and shot by the police a little later. The investigation is underway.
After a fatal knife attack in a subway station in Berlin, the suspect shot by police officers died in a hospital. He was declared dead on Sunday morning, said a spokesman for the Berlin public prosecutor. According to investigators, the man, which was initially unidentified on Saturday, stabbed another passenger on Saturday after a dispute in a subway at the Sophie-Charlotte-Platz stop and added to this fatal injuries.
According to the police and the public prosecutor, the suspect then fled from the train station on foot, but was stopped on a street by police officers shortly afterwards. He had approached the emergency services in his hand with the knife, which is why they had given several shots on him « in the further course ». The shot suspect was then taken to a hospital where he was initially operated on.
Background not known
According to initial knowledge, the perpetrators and victims were « clashed » before the knife attack while driving on a subway on line 12, the investigators said. At first, they did not comment on further details. A homicide commission took over further information. It was open for the time being whether the attacker and victims knew each other. The identities of perpetrators and victims were initially unknown. (APA/dpa)
