Overview
- Two construction workers were doused with urine and injured by thrown objects during attacks from an occupied former hostel in Friedrichshain on Wednesday afternoon.
- Police mounted a large, judge-authorized operation the following day that deployed about 200 officers and brought six people into custody for identity checks and forensic processing.
- Officers seized batons, blank‑firing weapons and bottles filled with urine that were fitted with pyrotechnics, and they ordered a temporary halt to construction while cordoning the site.
- Emergency services treated both injured workers on site and no formal arrests have been publicly announced as investigations into dangerous bodily harm and property damage continue.
- The transfer of the case to the Landeskriminalamt's Staatsschutz and the presence of a nearby solidarity vigil with masked participants highlight the possible political dimensions and public‑safety concerns tied to squat occupations and anti‑gentrification protests.