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20-Year-Old Dies After Stabbing at Berlin’s Humboldt Forum

Detectives are testing a suspected link to a similar August attack at the same venue.

Overview

  • The man suffered multiple stab wounds during a group confrontation near the Humboldt Forum around 19:35 on Friday and later died in hospital.
  • Emergency crews reanimated him at the scene, and his two companions, aged 22 and 23, sustained minor injuries.
  • Witnesses reported roughly 20 people involved, including an estimated 15 alleged attackers who fled.
  • The 6th murder commission and the public prosecutor have opened a homicide investigation, and no arrests have been made.
  • Police outlined a preliminary account involving Afghan and Syrian groups, a detail investigators say remains subject to verification.