Overview

• A witness discovered the man’s body around 1:40 am in the basement of a residential building at Mittenwalder Straße 4 in Kreuzberg.
• The Berlin State Prosecutor’s Office and the 7th Homicide Commission immediately treated the case as a suspected killing based on the circumstances of the discovery.
• An autopsy was ordered for Saturday afternoon, with forensic results still pending to determine the cause and manner of death.
• Investigators are appealing for anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area before 1:40 am to contact the 7th Homicide Commission or any police station.
• This inquiry adds to a recent pattern of homicide investigations in Berlin that have underscored growing public safety concerns.