Overview

• Police say the incident occurred around 22:20 in a bar on Auguste‑Viktoria‑Allee in Berlin.
• The 52-year-old had stepped in to mediate a dispute between the pub owner and guests.
• An unidentified man then entered the bar and strangled him until he lost consciousness.
• The victim’s wife intervened, prompting the attacker to flee, and the suspect remains at large.
• Emergency crews took the man to a hospital for inpatient care after doctors found a fractured larynx, and a specialized unit of Police Directorate 1 is investigating the altercation.