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Berlin Prosecutors Raid Apartments Over Attack on Police Officer

The searches aim to secure communication devices potentially linking two suspects to clashes that injured a police officer at the Nakba Day rally.

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Die Polizei hat am Mittwoch fünf Durchsuchungen mit mehr als 60 Einsatzkräften durchgeführt.
Im Zusammenhang mit einer propalästinensischen Demonstration in Berlin vom Mai mit mehreren verletzten Polizisten haben Ermittler nun fünf Wohnungen durchsucht. Festgenommen wurde niemand, wie Polizei und Generalstaatsanwaltschaft mitteilten.

Overview

  • On July 16, the Berlin Generalstaatsanwaltschaft executed searches in five apartments connected to the May 15 Nakba Day protest.
  • No arrests were made during the raids, but around 60 officers seized mobile phones and other materials as evidence.
  • Investigators are targeting two main suspects, aged 28 and 29, on charges of severe breach of the peace, resisting officers and attempted prisoner liberation.
  • The May 15 rally drew about 1,100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators and left at least eleven officers injured, including one with a broken arm and chest trauma.
  • A disputed video released on July 11 has intensified debate over police actions and the official account of the clashes.