The police on Rigaer Strasse have been on a large scale since early this morning.
Two dozen apartments in the partially occupied building complex at number 94 are searched.
Berlin - The Berlin police have searched apartments in the partially occupied house "Rigaer 94" in Berlin-Friedrichshain since early morning on Wednesday.
A police spokeswoman for the German press agency said there was no resistance from the residents until the morning.
A good 300 emergency services were involved, the street in front of the house had been blocked.
"We are executing a judicial search warrant here in the house." It was issued at the instigation of the owner.
It is about determining the personal details of the residents, said the spokeswoman.
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According to the police, a total of 24 residential units in the rear building, side wing and front building are to be searched.
The police had been in ten apartments by early morning.
In three of them she met a total of ten people.
"We will go to every apartment door and ask that it be opened for us or, if we are not opened, the door from our side," said the spokeswoman.
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The police spokeswoman said she could not yet say whether it was a sharp weapon or, for example, a dummy.
The street in Friedrichshain is best known for the partially occupied house at number 94. The building complex is a symbol of the left-wing radical scene.
The spokesman for the police union (GdP) in Berlin, Benjamin Jendro, said on Wednesday that serious attacks on police officers had repeatedly come from the building.
Accordingly, the police use a greater effort than in the case of an ordinary building to determine the residents' personal details by a judge.
"We hope that our colleagues will be allowed to do their work, that they will come home healthy and that the rule of law will also be accepted in this house." Dpa
