Attack in Berlin: arrest warrant issued against alleged knife stabbers

After the bloody attack in a Berlin green space, a suspect is on remand.

The 29-year-old is said to have seriously injured two people with a knife.

The man is said to have initially inflicted life-threatening injuries to a 58-year-old woman by stabbing her neck with a knife. On Saturday lunchtime, the 29-year-old approached the landscape gardener in Wilmersdorf because he was allegedly bothered by the fact that she was working as a woman, the police said. Then he is said to have suddenly stabbed her in the neck several times with a knife. According to the information, he then attacked a 66-year-old passerby who was hurrying to help with the knife and seriously injured him.

The Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Sunday evening via Twitter that an arrest warrant had been issued against the 29-year-old at her request.

The man was in custody for attempted murder and grievous bodily harm as well as in terms of the attack on the helper because of dangerous bodily harm, as it was said.

According to the investigators, the alleged perpetrator is a 29-year-old with Afghan nationality.

He was arrested by arriving police officers at the scene and is said to be mentally ill.

The Public Prosecutor's Office and the State Office of Criminal Investigation are also investigating under the aspect of a possible Islamist-motivated attack.

asc / dpa