Three people seriously hurt in three separate knife attacks in Berlin on Sunday evening
Within a short time on Sunday evening, people were injured with knives or stabbing weapons in three Berlin districts. Police arrested suspects in Tempelhof and Prenzlauer Berg.
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Three people were seriously injured in three separate knife attacks in three Berlin districts on Sunday evening, the Berliner Zeitung reported, citing police, while t-online cited B.Z. and Berliner Morgenpost. The background to all three cases is still unclear, and criminal police are investigating.
In Tempelhof, a man was taken to hospital with a stab or cut wound after a confrontation involving several people at around 8 p.m. Police arrested two men at the scene, including the suspected attacker. In Prenzlauer Berg, a man was seriously injured by a knife during an argument outside a venue in the evening, and a suspect was arrested at the scene.
In Lichtenberg, two to three people clashed outside a convenience store. One man was seriously injured with a stabbing weapon and another person was also hurt. Firefighters and an emergency doctor responded. According to the reports, there are no leads on suspects so far.