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Berlin Shooting Triggers Police Surge as Violent Weekend Unfolds Across Germany

Berlin has deployed about 100 specially trained officers to curb rising street gunfire following the Kreuzberg attack.

Overview

  • Police say a 34-year-old was shot in the leg near Böcklerpark in Kreuzberg late Saturday and survived; the 6th homicide unit is investigating attempted manslaughter as the gunman fled.
  • Officers also responded to gunfire at a residential building in Tegel on Saturday night with no injuries reported, adding to a recent series of street shootings across the city.
  • Prosecutors in Bruchsal are treating a neck stabbing of a 23-year-old as suspected attempted murder, and an overnight manhunt aided by a helicopter has not yet found the attackers.
  • A 20-year-old driver died after his car overturned on the B253 near Eschenburg, while separate crashes left an 86-year-old pedestrian in Schmidmühlen and a 76-year-old motorcyclist near Issing seriously injured and airlifted.
  • Suspected alcohol played a role in a Tucheim house‑crash that seriously hurt three people and in Themar where a transporter’s mirror seriously injured a 10-year-old girl, and police in North Rhine–Westphalia opened cases after violent fan disorder at a Niederrheinpokal match.