Subway drama in Berlin ends fatally: verdict pronounced - prosecutor can't believe it

A man crashed in front of an incoming subway in Berlin and died. The victim probably wanted to help a wheelchair user. Now the verdict is known.

• A man was hit in front of a subway in Berlin in the night of Wednesday (October 30, 2019) and was fatally injured.
• The incident at the Kottbusser Tor underground station in Berlin's Kreuzberg district was shaken.
• Now the verdict has been pronounced.

Update of May 29, 2020:  Six months after the  subway drama  of  Berlin has been spoken a judgment. After the death of a 30-year-old man who was pushed in front of an incoming  subway  in  Berlin-Kreuzber , the accused was sentenced to four years and three months in prison. The regional court of the capital found the 27-year-old guilty of attempted bodily harm on Friday, resulting in death. The presiding judge stated that the chamber had not come to the conclusion that the man who had been heavily drunk at the time of the act acted with the intent to kill. "We are sure that he  did not see the  subway ."

The prosecutor, who had pleaded for life imprisonment for murder , has already announced a revision . The defender had requested a guilty verdict for negligent killing.

It is clear that the accused is responsible for the completely unnecessary death of the 30-year-old, the judge continued. He "wanted to do something to the victim" and finally sneaked a shock at him. The accused was in a group of people whose attention was not directed towards the subway. "For them it is a meeting point for drug trafficking."

The accused stated that he had no complete memory of the crime and could not believe that "he had made such a serious mistake." He did n't want to kill the man .

Subway drama in Berlin: New arrest - it was probably about drug dealing

Update November 4, 12.44 p.m .: After the new arrest in the event of a fatal blow to a subway in Berlin-Kreuzberg, the investigators assume that they have now caught the right man. The spokesman for the prosecutor, Martin Steltner, referred on Monday to the arrest warrant issued on Sunday against a 26-year-old for homicide murder. At Berlin Central Station, three young men are said to have attacked and robbed a 65-year-old. The police are looking for clues. 

The background to the crime was presumably drug dealing. The suspect comes from Morocco, is in custody and has not yet commented on the allegations. He was arrested on Saturday evening in a refugee accommodation in Berlin-Wannsee.

This further dramatic case from Berlin shocked people as well, because the doctor and son of a former Federal President, Fritz von Weizsäcker, was stabbed to death during a lecture. 

Subway drama in Berlin: new arrest - arrest warrant against suspects

Update November 3, 6:01 pm : He was arrested on Saturday evening, and now a judge has issued an arrest warrant against the 26-year-old suspect. As the Berlin public prosecutor announced, the accusation is murder from treachery. The man is said to have hit a 30-year-old on the tracks on Wednesday night, where he was fatally hit by a train.

Update November 3, 10:56 a.m .: After a man's fatal blow to a subway in Berlin-Kreuzberg, investigators have once again arrested a suspect. According to the Attorney General on Sunday, the arrest took place on Saturday evening. Further information could not yet be published, it said.

Update, November 2, 6:08 p.m .: After a man's fatal blow to a subway in Berlin-Kreuzberg, a suspect must be released. There is currently no urgent suspicion, said spokesman for the Prosecutor General, Martin Steltner, on Saturday of the dpa. There were contradictions in the testimony. In addition, the existing video material is of moderate quality.

The further investigations and video evaluations - especially due to contradictions in the testimony - did not confirm the suspicion of the crime. The accused is therefore released by the StA today. There is currently no urgent suspicion.

Update, November 2, 5:30 p.m .: The 30-year-old man who was pushed and died in the night of Wednesday in front of a subway is said to have been no stranger to the area in Berlin. Opposite the picture , several people from the drug scene told who the victim was and how they knew the incident occurred.

A man who took drugs himself and was not mentioned by name said about the deceased that he knew him under the name "Typhoon", probably a nickname. “He was always traveling with the old wheelchair user. Not to push, because it has an electric chair. But to go to the doctor with him and then sell tablets that the wheelchair user gets there on prescription. Subutex and diazepam. ”According to him, the tablets were also the reason for an argument during the night of the crime. As the man has heard from others, potential buyers did not want to pay the amount the wheelchair user asked for. 

After U-Bahn drama in Berlin: acquaintances from the drug scene want to have known victims - and reveal details

Another witness the newspaper met confirmed the story. Accordingly, the buyers would no longer have to pay at all, but would rather rob the wheelchair user. When the Iranian rushed to help, he was pushed onto the tracks. 

A spokesman for the Berlin prosecutor then confirmed to the newspaper that the "evidence of a background in the drug milieu had become more concrete". "Disputes related to a drug business could have played a role." However, it is still unclear whether the story of the anonymous witnesses is correct. The “acquaintance” of the dead suspects that none of the witnesses from the drug scene will officially testify - out of fear or because they have received money. 

A man died in a park in Lübeck on Saturday. According to initial knowledge, there was an exchange of fire with the police.

Update, November 2, 12:15 p.m .:  The 30-year-old man, who was found to be a suspect, will soon be brought before the judge. The responsible public prosecutor's office plans to announce further details later this Saturday. Investigators had arrested him on Friday evening in Eberswalde northeast of Berlin. A murder commission from the Berlin criminal police had searched for the perpetrator.

"There has been increased evidence that a drug business could have been the cause," said a spokesman for the prosecutor's office on Friday. The police also confirmed that the 30-year-old lived in Berlin and was known to the authority for drug-related offenses. 

Subway drama in Berlin: police arrest alleged perpetrator

Update November 1, 9:39 pm : After a man was pushed in front of a moving subway in Berlin because he was defending a wheelchair user who was to be robbed, there was now an arrest. The Berlin public prosecutor announced the following via Twitter:

The 30-year-old, who is said to have pushed the Iranian in front of the subway, is to be brought up on Saturday for the issuing of an arrest warrant. More information will follow on Saturday.

Subway drama: Police have recordings of perpetrators - but do not use them to search

Update October 31, 8:24 a.m .: The underground drama of Berlin still reverberates the day after. The perpetrator (s) are still at large, but the police have taken pictures of the people thanks to the surveillance cameras at Kottbuser Tor station.

However, they do not want to use them for public searches. "It's too fresh," police spokesman Heidi Vogt told Bild . "This requires a judicial decision, and it is the last resort when all other investigative approaches have been exhausted." The homicide commission would currently evaluate the records and follow up on some information.

Subway drama: man (30) wants to defend wheelchair users and pays for it with his life

Update 13:38 : The Berlin public prosecutor has identified the dead from the Berlin underground station, as the news agency dpa reports. Accordingly, it should be a 30-year-old Iranian . The Berlin courier had previously reported that the victim should be a 22-year-old Iranian.

The police continue to investigate the background of the deadly dispute. There is evidence of a dispute over drugs.

Berlin: man found in front of subway - witnesses describe terrible details

Update 11.43 a.m .: A young man was killed on Wednesday night at the Kottbusser Tor underground station in Berlin. Witnesses have observed how the man was pushed into the subway. 

As the Berlin courier reports, the victim is said to be an Iranian. The alleged 22-year-old intervened when two men tried to rob a wheelchair user. The two alleged perpetrators attacked the Iranian. When the subway pulled in, they pushed him in front of the train. The victim got between the edge of the platform and the train. According to the Berlin courier, dramatic scenes should have taken place on the platform. People pressed together against the subway car to rescue the seriously injured. An emergency doctor and rescue workers fought in vain for the victim's life.   

In the event of a dispute: man hit by the incoming subway - was it murder? 

First report : Berlin - In a dispute between two groups of people in a Berlin subway station, a man got into a train and was fatally injured. 

Berlin subway station Kottbusser Tor - man pushed in front of subway - dead 

It was initially unclear whether the victim was deliberately bumped into on Wednesday night or fell through the tussle in front of the subway, as a police spokeswoman said. A murder commission has started the investigation. At first, the police did not disclose the identity of the victim and the other people involved.

According to the police, the accident occurred at the Kottbuser Tor station in Berlin Kreuzberg. After the man was hit by the subway, rescue workers tried to reanimate him - but to no avail.

Two years ago, young people wanted to set fire to a homeless person at a Berlin subway station. The main perpetrator was convicted six months later

In Munich, a 25-year-old had pushed a man into the track bed because he had racially insulted him, reports tz.de *.

In a clash between several people, a man was found in the subway station last night. #KottbusserTor encountered an incoming train and died. The 4th murder commission of our #LKA has started the investigation.
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In Cologne, a camera captured how a subway rowdy went completely nuts on the platform.

Unsettling news comes from a clinic in Hesse: a woman pretended to be a doctor there for several years. She is said to be responsible for the death of four patients. 

This act leaves speechless: in the United States, a mother has now been arrested for murdering her children. She hanged the children with a dog leash.

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* tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.