After the fatal blow of a man in front of a subway in Berlin-Kreuzberg, investigators have arrested another suspect. According to the Attorney General, the arrest took place on Saturday night. Further information could not be published at first, it was said.
Previously, a suspect was also released as released. There is currently no urgent suspicion, it said. The testimonies would have revealed contradictions, such as the time information. In addition, the video material is of moderate quality. The subway station Kottbusser Tor is monitored by cameras. It will be further investigated intensively, said the spokesman for the Attorney General, Martin Steltner, the news agency dpa.
In the night of Wednesday, a 30-year-old Iranian had been hit in front of a subway. He was so badly injured by the incoming train in the underground station of the U8 that he died on the spot. Previously, it should have been on the platform, according to police a dispute between the victim and a companion and a larger group to which the perpetrator belonged. The investigators have evidence of a drug deal as a reason for the act.
Analysis of video recordings, extensive investigations and evidence from witnesses had led the investigators on the trail of the now released suspects, as it was said on Saturday in a statement of the police. Officials of the Brandenburg police had arrested the man for the target investigators of the police Berlin on Friday evening at the central station Eberswalde. The man had made no resistance, they said.
The background of the dispute on the platform are still under investigation. They may be linked to drug-related crime, according to current findings.
The prosecution had also spoken of condensing clues that a drug deal could have been the cause of the crime. On the part of the police it was said that the victim had lived in Berlin and was known to the authority because of drug offenses.
There are regular dealers and addicts in the subway station. The Kottbusser Tor, called "Kotti" in Berlin, is one of the so-called crime-prone places for the police. For decades, drugs have been sold there, such as heroin. The place was a few years ago because of numerous pickpocketing in the headlines.