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Shots Fired at Kreuzberg Café Overnight as Berlin Police Open Investigation

The incident fits a months-long pattern of attacks on businesses that police link to organized-crime disputes.

Overview

  • Unknown assailants fired multiple rounds around 3 a.m. at a closed café on Schönleinstraße in Kreuzberg, with no injuries reported.
  • Officers documented several bullet holes in the shop windows and collected projectiles inside the premises.
  • Police also recovered multiple shell casings and a cartridge from the opposite sidewalk.
  • Investigators have not identified suspects or a motive, though similar Berlin shootings have been tied to turf fights and extortion connected to organized crime.
  • BILD reports that the BAO “Ferrum” unit, created in November to target such violence, is expected to take over the case.