Overview

• The incident occurred Tuesday evening in Berlin-Wilhelmstadt, where two men allegedly posed as officers to target a 38-year-old.
• The suspects, aged 33 and 36, reportedly ambushed, beat, and tried to bind and gag the man before forcing him toward a vehicle.
• Several passersby intervened and prevented the car from leaving, and officers later detained both suspects and placed them in custody.
• Police say the victim suffered facial and leg injuries and received outpatient treatment at a hospital.
• Items recovered from the suspects’ car included a backpack with a fake weapon, a jacket labeled Polizei with insignia, and a rank badge, and investigators have opened probes into deprivation of liberty, dangerous bodily harm, weapons-law violations, and impersonation.