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Berlin Police Recover Most Stolen Fireworks, Probe Fatal Stabbing and Deadly Apartment Fire

Specialist units pursue parallel inquiries using recovered evidence.

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.