Overview

• Berlin’s Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) deployed to a vacant house on Fuchsienweg after reports of a possible threat in the Rudow district.
• A 42-year-old man was taken into custody inside the empty residence without resistance.
• Officers referred him to a hospital for psychiatric assessment after observing abnormal psychological behavior.
• Police have disclosed little additional background and are holding the suspect in medical custody as they gather more information.
• The intervention reflects a growing pattern of SEK responses to residential standoffs involving mental health crises across Germany.