Overview
- The state protection unit of Berlin’s criminal police opened an investigation and issued a public witness appeal on October 23 after repeated vandalism targeting Maneo locations in Schöneberg.
- Police list four recent incidents against Maneo sites: an entrance door kicked in on September 9, a window broken on September 28, a window smashed at Nollendorfplatz on October 3, and a stone thrown through an entrance door window on the night to October 20, with no injuries reported.
- Maneo also reported multiple September attacks on an info point at Fuggerstraße and Eisenacher Straße, including fire damage to a door, a torn‑down sign, and glass bottles thrown at the entrance.
- Investigators are seeking observations, video or photos, and any information about potential perpetrators or people boasting about the crimes, and no arrests have been announced.
- Maneo estimates around €3,000 in repair costs so far, and the city’s queer commissioner Alfonso Pantisano warned that anti‑queer violence has become routine as Maneo logged an 8% rise in such attacks in 2024 to 738 cases.