Attack in Berlin: motorcycle hunters are said to have rioted in Kiez shortly before - victims are still in intensive care after weeks

A dramatic operation occurred in Berlin on Autobahn 100. A man caused several accidents in a row - probably on purpose.

Then he made a threat.

• A driver caused several accidents in a row on Autobahn 100 in Berlin, injuring six people.

• Apparently, the man caused the accidents on purpose - the public prosecutor's office assumes an “Islamist-motivated attack”.

• Then the Iraqi (30) threatened with a dangerous object.

Update from September 9, 2020:

Around three weeks after the

on

, a seriously injured

is still in the intensive care unit of a hospital.

"The condition of the colleague is still unchanged," said the fire brigade on Wednesday upon request.

“He will continue to receive intensive care.

We are in close contact with the family and the treating doctors. "

Attack in Berlin: motorcycle hunters are said to have rioted in Kiez shortly before - a victim in intensive care

Update from August 20, 9:19 a.m

.: After the alleged Islamist

with a car on the

, a seriously injured

continues to be

treated

in an

.

"His condition is serious, our thoughts are with him and we hope for the best," said a fire department spokesman on Thursday morning of the dpa.

The authority is also in close contact with the colleague's family.

According to the public prosecutor's office, a 30-year-old Iraqi attacked and rammed vehicles in three places on the city motorway on Tuesday evening.

He had therefore

.

Six people were injured, three of them seriously.

The suspect is now sitting in the

, the detention hospital.

This was decided by a judge

on Wednesday evening

because of

.

The attacker is being investigated for

.

The man who is tolerated in Germany has not yet commented, it said.

Meanwhile, New Zealand was ruled on the Christchurch assassination attempt on Muslim believers.

Attack in Berlin: "Hunting motorcyclists" - suspect is said to have rioted in Kiez hours beforehand

Update from August 20, 6.55 am

: The alleged perpetrator of the Berlin rampage was noticed by his neighbors hours before the trip as a

- they therefore alerted the police. The

newspaper claims to have found out. Accordingly, the man drummed in the

district

on car roofs and ran in. According to the report, two patrols moved out in the morning and two in the afternoon, but they couldn't catch the suspect.

The paper quotes the caretaker of the building in which the man

said to have lived

with a

as saying: “He often ran up and down the street, shouting loudly 'Allahu akbar'.

Other neighbors have the 30-year-olds as

described

.

The man had a tolerance in Germany until the

, reports

, citing investigators.

further In addition, the public prosecutor's office in Berlin should point out psychological problems.

to have.

So

far there are no

indications of membership in a

.

Attack in Berlin: "Hunting motorcyclists" - now the first details about the perpetrator and his victims are known

Update from August 19, 7:59 p.m.:

The Berlin public prosecutor announced on Wednesday evening that the alleged perpetrator of the rampage on Tuesday had been brought to a closed psychiatric facility of the penal system.

The reason for this measure is the suspect's alleged attempted murder and dangerous interference in road traffic in three cases, as it was said.

In three cases, inter alia, due to attempted murder and dangerous interference in road traffic, the accused has been placed in a closed psychiatric facility of the penal system.

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- GenStA Berlin (@GStABerlin) August 19, 2020

Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Andreas Geisel (SPD), was shocked that bystanders "became victims of a crime out of nowhere" and wished the three seriously injured people a speedy recovery.

Geisel stated that one of them was a member of the Berlin fire brigade and was on his way home at the time of the attack.

Update from August 19, 5:59 p.m.:

Investigators have announced further findings in the case of the alleged Islamist attack on an inner-city motorway in Berlin.

The urgently suspected 30-year-old Iraqi is to be brought before a judge on Wednesday.

He is charged with attempted murder on at least three counts.

"Statements made by the accused after his actions suggest a religious-Islamist motivation," say the investigators, who currently have no evidence that the suspect is a member of a terrorist organization.

Possible contacts between the man and the Islamist milieu are currently being examined.

Before the Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives in Berlin, Attorney General Margarete Koppers said that between 2018 and 2019 the Iraqi was in the same refugee accommodation as an Islamist threat.

"How close the contact was must be checked," she continued.

However, until the act on Tuesday evening, there was "no evidence of attack-related behavior" for the suspect himself.

Terrorist attack in Berlin: Amok driver made "hunt for motorcyclists" - perpetrators already known to the police

Update from August 19, 4:37 p.m.:

According to the

, the alleged Islamist

from the Berlin city motorway was no stranger to the authorities.

In the past, the Iraqi had appeared

through

.

This portrayed

on Wednesday in the

of the Berlin House.

"He has been recorded as a suspect of multiple assaults and an attack on law enforcement officers since 2018," said Koppers.

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Berlin: After the attack on the A100, investigators secure traces at the crime scene.

© Odd Andersen / AFP

The man's last act occurred in August 2018, at that time it was therefore about an "act of resistance in front of a refugee accommodation".

Subsequently, the 30-year-old was

acquitted

in a

due to intermittent

by a

in April 2019.

However, Koppers stated that she is not yet aware of the details of the psychiatric report from this procedure.

The

was immediately after the resistance action and

have been temporarily housed in a mental institution.

This measure was taken to avert danger

because there was no reason for an arrest warrant, said the Attorney General.

Attack in Berlin: gunman made "hunt for motorcyclists" - now the first details about the perpetrator are known

Update from August 19, 3:26 p.m.:

After the suspected terrorist attack in Berlin, more details about the alleged

the

known.

As the

learned on Wednesday from circles in the Berlin Senate, the

is said

.

His asylum application was therefore rejected, and

then

in the capital.

He is said to have been housed in a shared accommodation in the Berlin district of Altglienicke until autumn last year and then lived in an apartment in the Reinickendorf district.

The public prosecutor's office had previously announced that the arrested person was currently being tolerated in Germany, but did not provide any further details.

Terrorist attack in Berlin: perpetrators "hunted motorcyclists" - public prosecutor's office names new details

Update from August 19, 1:06 p.m

.: A 30-year-old man is suspected of having “hunted motorcyclists”, the public prosecutor's office said in his statement in Berlin.

The man hit a car with his Opel, rammed a motorcyclist and drove on.

Then he would have provoked more accidents, rammed a motorcyclist and finally pushed a motorcyclist in front of his car.

The public prosecutor emphasizes that the Iraqi attacked motorcyclists in a targeted manner.

Photos from the crime scene show how a motorcycle is jammed across the front of the vehicle.

The 30-year-old stopped his black Opel on the A100 city motorway at the Alboinstrasse exit and placed an old ammunition box on the roof of the car.

He threatened that the box was dangerous.

The prosecutor confirmed that the Iraqi shouted “Allahu akbar”.

Emergency services then overpowered and arrested the man.

A final decision as to whether the suspect will be placed in a psychiatric facility should be made later in the day.

The public prosecutor's office does not want to give further details at the moment due to the ongoing investigation.

The suspect will be brought before a judge on Wednesday for attempted murder, the prosecutor said.

Update from August 19, 1:04 p.m

.: The public prosecutor's office announces a statement about the attack on the Berlin autobahn.

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Terrorist attack: State security is investigating an incident on Berlin's A100 city motorway.

© Paul Zinken / dpa

Stop Autobahn A100: "If a car hits motorcyclists in a targeted manner, they have no chance"

Update from August 19, 12:48 p.m

.: Berlin's

Interior,

(SPD)

to the

“According to the current state of knowledge, we assume an Islamist attack.

A religiously motivated background to the crime cannot be ruled out, ”said Geisel on Wednesday, reports the dpa news agency.

The accidents were deliberately caused.

“The fact that the

doesn't make things any easier.

If personal problems mix with religiously charged ideas, this can lead to uncontrollable action. "Geisel continued:" If a car hits motorcyclists in a targeted manner, they have no chance. "Uninvolved people have become" victims of a crime out of nowhere ". . 

The Berlin public prosecutor's office and the police headquarters announced in a joint press release that the investigative group “Motorrad” of the police state security, which was set up specifically for this purpose, has not yet been able to find any evidence of membership in a terrorist organization.

“Islamist attack” on the A100 motorway: firefighter seriously injured

Update from August 19, 11.55 a.m

.: The suspect Iraqi (30) rammed several vehicles yesterday with his black Opel - including three motorcycles.

In total, the man caused three accidents - in quick succession on the Berlin city motorway A100 on Tuesday evening around 6:50 p.m.

Six people were injured in the series of accidents - three of them seriously, said the Berlin fire brigade.

Emergency forces looked after 300 people on site.

Among the seriously injured was a firefighter who was on his way home with his scooter after work *, as reported by the

(behind the payment barrier).

He had to be reanimated.

Just a few hours before his attack, the Iraqi is said to have posted a photo of himself and the later murder vehicle on Facebook, according to the morning post.

In addition, the alleged driver is said to have published religious sayings, reports the news agency

.

Was it really an attack?

The Berlin State Security is investigating after the series of accidents.

* Merkur.de has summarized what is known about the perpetrator and the motive.

“Islamist attack” in Berlin: accidents on the A100 deliberately brought about

Update from August 19, 11:14 a.m.:

The incident on

with several injuries was, according to the current findings of the public prosecutor in Berlin, an

.

"According to current knowledge, it was an Islamist-motivated attack," said a spokesman on Wednesday.

But there are also indications of psychological problems in the 30-year-old Iraqi.

The spokesman said the Iraqi was being investigated for attempted murder in several cases.

"Due to the circumstances, we do not assume a random accident." According to initial findings, the 30-year-old had deliberately caused several accidents with his black Opel on Tuesday evening and injured six people - three of them seriously

.

The A100 in the direction of Neukölln between Kurfürstendamm and Hohenzollerndamm was temporarily closed for police investigations on Wednesday, writes the Berlin traffic information center on Twitter.

Update from August 19, 9:03 a.m.:

Apparently, the

who

caused three accidents

on the

acted

for

.

The German press agency learned this from investigators.

Attorney General Margarete Koppers will

inform

the

about the

the afternoon

, said a spokesman for the judiciary.

Further details are not yet known.

Berlin (A100): State security investigates against motorists

Update from August 19, 8.27 a.m.:

As has now been officially confirmed, the

security is

investigating

the man who

caused

on Tuesday evening

(

).

The driver was carrying a supposed

box - he had announced that there was a "

"

in the box

, according to a police spokeswoman.

Forensic technicians only found tools in it.

The state security is also investigating the case of the celebrity chef Attila Hildmann and the attack on the “

Berlin: car driver causes several accidents - police comment

The

have not yet confirmed that the man had

deliberately caused

the

.

A police spokeswoman said, however, that

according to witnesses, the

the

.

The man was arrested.

The incident was followed by

.

According to the spokeswoman, passengers from nearby vehicles had to leave the motorway on foot as a precaution.

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Berlin: A forensic technician discusses his work on the A100.

A motorist intentionally built several accidents there.

© Paul Zinken / dpa

First report from August 19, 6.30 a.m .:

Berlin

- A

caused great excitement on Tuesday evening (August 18)

, who

caused

succession

around 6:35 p.m.

As the picture reports, the

assume that the man who was driving a

committed

the

targeted manner.

The accidents occurred one after the other in

.

A total of

- three of them seriously.

Berlin: Chaos on Bundesautobahn 100 - man probably caused several accidents

Apparently, the

his car over, among other things,

.

You were badly injured.

When the 30-year-old man finally stopped his car, according to the picture information, he threatened that nobody should approach and that he had a

- it was probably a

- with him.

Basically he should have said: "

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On Tuesday evening, traffic jammed on the A100 in Berlin, which was closed after the accidents.

© Paul Zinken / dpa

The

eventually overwhelmed and arrested

the

.

The

has been

largely closed

for

.

examined the man's car and the metal box, but could not find any traces of explosives.

When X-raying a

on the roof of the car, apparently only tools were discovered.

Berlin: Chaos on federal highway 100: Man probably deliberately built three accidents - state security determined

According to the picture, the man shouted "Allahu akbar" after he got out of the car.

However, there is no officially confirmed report from the police.

As the sheet further reports, the state security is now to investigate.

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)

Unbelievable scenes recently played out on the A13 near Berlin.

Hands suddenly waved from a truck.

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