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Berlin Extends Station Weapons Checks, Enacts Transit-Wide Knife Ban

To curb rising violence at train stations by allowing searches without suspicion, the measures will remain in effect until July 31, 2025.

Das Verbot Messer und andere Waffen an Berliner Bahnhöfen mitzuführen ist bis Ende Juli ausgeweitet worden.
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Overview

  • The Bundespolizei has extended controls at 12 major stations including Hauptbahnhof, Alexanderplatz and Zoologischer Garten through July 31, 2025.
  • A regulation set to take effect in mid-July bans knives, axes, baseball bats and similar weapons across buses, U-Bahn, S-Bahn, tram networks and station premises.
  • Officers have screened 4,754 travellers without specific suspicion over the past four weeks, leading to 319 confiscations of prohibited items.
  • Authorities report that suspicionless searches uncovered 422 additional crimes, ranging from violent assaults to drug offences.
  • Officials say the crackdown responds to a surge in station violence and aims to protect both passengers and law enforcement personnel.