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Employee Wounded as Shots Hit Neukölln Café Overnight

Police say early findings show no link to 'clan criminality'.

Overview

  • Police were called around 1:20 a.m. to Hermannstraße after reports of gunfire at a café.
  • A staff member was shot in the arm and taken to a clinic for inpatient treatment.
  • Investigators recovered several shell casings and noted two bullet holes in the window and one in the blind.
  • The assailant or assailants fled before officers arrived, and the number of shooters remains unclear.
  • The Berlin Criminal Police opened an investigation overnight, and witnesses reported a vehicle speeding away that has not been linked to the attack.