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Crime scene in Berlin (archive picture)
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The Berlin police are investigating a 16-year-old and her 20-year-old companion for dangerous bodily harm.
As a spokesman confirmed, they are said to have stabbed several people.
According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday at around 9 p.m. in the Louis-Lewin-Straße subway station in Marzahn-Hellersdorf.
The 16-year-old had a clash with a group of surveyors.
Cut in the hip
Three of the workers and one witness were injured in the course of the dispute.
The witness, 26, and one of the technicians, 30, were treated with stab wounds on the upper body and hip in the hospital.
A 36-year-old technician also suffered a cut on his arm, his 44-year-old colleague suffered abrasions.
According to the police, the 16- and 20-year-olds initially fled, but then surrendered to the police.
They were arrested and knives were found on both of them.
The course of events is unclear
How the dispute came about is unclear.
It has also not yet been clarified who caused which injuries.
It is becoming apparent that the 16-year-old attacked and seriously injured the 26-year-old witness who had rushed up, a spokesman said.
The young person also has to answer for resisting law enforcement officers, as she was assaulted in a prisoner collection point, it said.
You have injured an employee who then terminated her service.
jpz / dpa / AFP