Overview

• The Berlin public prosecutor has charged four young men with politically motivated assault and attacks on police during a December 2024 incident targeting SPD campaigners.
• The suspects, aged 17 to 20, are accused of violently assaulting two SPD members, including Carolyn Macmillan, a local SPD faction leader, at a campaign stand in Berlin's Lichterfelde-Ost area.
• One victim was severely injured after being kicked in the head and torso, while responding police officers were also attacked, resulting in injuries including a fractured hand.
• Raids conducted on December 27, 2024, uncovered weapons, masks, digital evidence, and right-wing propaganda, linking the suspects to a violent neo-Nazi youth group.
• The investigation has been widened to include five additional suspects aged 15 to 21, as authorities continue to probe the resurgence of right-wing extremist violence in Germany.