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Charité Forensic Clinic Logs 298 Cases in First Half of 2025, Flags Rising Street Violence

The service documents injuries confidentially, letting victims secure evidence without immediately filing a report.

Overview

  • In the first half of 2025, forensic doctors at the Charité documented injuries for 298 victims, including 197 women or girls and 100 men or boys.
  • The clinic recorded 749 contacts by June 30, broadly consistent with 2024 totals of 643 examinations and 1,594 consultations.
  • Forensic physician Larissa Amadasi reports more cases of assaults by unknown perpetrators on Berlin streets and a lower inhibition threshold for violence.
  • Missed appointments declined to 47 in the first half of 2025, down from 137 in 2024 and 154 in 2023.
  • The ambulatory facilitated 372 referrals to counseling services, doctors or police by midyear and trained nearly 1,600 professionals across 74 events last year.