Overview
- Officers traced a Steglitz container break-in to addresses on Weserstraße in Neukölln, securing most of the stolen pyrotechnics for return to the owner.
- Searches found fireworks and burglary tools, including a hydraulic spreader, in a 17-year-old’s cellar, and additional pyrotechnics in an 18-year-old’s apartment.
- The two young suspects were identified for suspected serious theft, with the 17-year-old briefly detained before release and the 18-year-old released after identification.
- A 69-year-old man fatally stabbed in Neu-Hohenschönhausen was found by witnesses as a 23-year-old later surrendered, and the LKA’s fourth homicide commission opened an investigation.
- An 89-year-old woman died at the scene of a Prenzlauer Berg apartment fire under inquiry for suspected negligent arson, while police also probed damaged windows in Schöneberg and arrested two burglary suspects in Charlottenburg with cash recovered.