Three people were seriously injured in three knife attacks in Berlin on Sunday evening. The attacks happened in the districts of Prenzlauer Berg, Tempelhof and Lichtenberg.
At about 8:40 p.m. on Oderberger Straße in Prenzlauer Berg, several people got into a confrontation. According to the B.Z., a man stabbed another man with a knife. The injured man was taken to hospital by ambulance. The newspaper reported that police arrived in large numbers and arrested the suspected attacker at the scene.
Emergency crews had already been called to Tempelhofer Damm at about 8 p.m. According to the B.Z., the victim, the suspected attacker and other people were together in a vehicle when the attack occurred. A man suffered the most severe injuries. Police arrested two men: the suspected attacker and his brother, who the newspaper said behaved aggressively toward the emergency crews.
Shortly before that, a man was seriously injured with a stabbing weapon on Weißenseer Weg in Lichtenberg. According to the B.Z., the fire service sent two ambulances and an emergency doctor. It was initially unknown whether the attacker had been arrested. The Morgenpost also reported on the incident.
Investigations into the background of all three attacks were continuing.