Overview

• Police responded to reports of a man vandalizing a backyard in Berlin-Steglitz in the early hours of June 5.
• The suspect refused orders to leave and challenged officers to a physical altercation, prompting a warned deployment of a Taser.
• During the arrest struggle, he bit one officer’s ear and injured two others, with the bite victim requiring hospital treatment and ending their shift.
• All three officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds and have since been treated and released.
• Authorities have admitted the suspect to a psychiatric ward for evaluation, highlighting the mental health dimensions of violent resistance to police.