Berlin-Charlottenburg: police officers shoot man

An attacker stabbed a man in a dispute in a Berlin subway station and was fatally injured. The police then had to shoot the attacker, said a police spokesman for German press agency. Before that had the Bz reported.

According to the police, the men had clashed on Saturday afternoon in Sophie-Charlotte-Platz underground station in the west of Berlin. Then one is said to have attacked the other with a knife and injured so badly that he died. The police spokesman said that the alleged attacker then fled to Schloßstraße, which leads from Sophie-Charlotte-Platz to Charlottenburg Castle. There he is said to have threatened emergency services with a knife raised.

Police intervene: Several shots fall on the attacker

The police then had to make use of the firearm and hit the man. According to the police, he was emerged in the hospital.

The background was still completely unclear. It was also open whether attackers and victims knew each other.

A police spokesman said in a video spread on platform X from the police that the officers had given several shots on the man. This was seriously injured and treated in the hospital. A murder commission will take the investigation shortly.

Sophie-Charlotte-Platz understated

Sophie-Charlotte-Platz underground station is usually on the subway line 2, which leads from the west of Berlin via Potsdamer Platz and Alexanderplatz to Pankow in the east of Berlin. Due to the construction site, the U12 is currently driving at Sophie-Charlotte-Platz underground station. The subway traffic was initially interrupted after the act of violence on Saturday.

Many people were committed. According to the police, the victim was still on the platform in the evening. The forensic technicians were expected there. Emergency care has been set up. (dpa)