‘Knife attack’ at Berlin Holocaust Memorial leaves one seriously injured as cops launch major operation
ONE person has been seriously injured following a terrifying knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.
Cops have cordoned off the crime scene between the Memorial and the US Embassy in Berlin’s Mitte district.
Berlin police told German newspaper Tagespiegel that the man was injured with a sharp object and transported by the fire brigade to hospital.
Tagespiegel said the attack had taken place on the northern side of the sprawling Holocaust monument, near the US Embassy.
Police and rescuers are at the scene with various emergency vehicles.
Several people are said to have been treated for shock, Bild reports.
Police spokesman Florian Nath said: “The victim is a male, injuries from a stabbing weapon.
“He is in hospital. There is no information yet about the man’s identity.
“The murder weapon has not yet been found. The perpetrator is on the run.
“Witnesses claim to have seen a man running away.”
A Berlin spokesperson said there is currently “no indication” of a motive behind the attack and no apparent connection to the embassy or the Berlin memorial.
They added that a “major operation” has been triggered to track down the perpetrator who is believed to still be armed.
Berlin cops said in a statement on X: “At around 6 pm, a man was seriously injured by an unknown person in the Field of Stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in #Mitte.
“The injured man was taken to hospital. Rescue workers are on site caring for several people who had to witness the events.
“Investigations are ongoing at the crime scene.”
The incident comes just hours after a Russian teenager was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in the German capital.
An 18-year-old has been attempting to flee Germany at the Brandenburg Airport when he was detained, Bild reported.
According to the outlet, the arrest came after cops received a tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency.
German police confirmed that the Russian national was detained on Thursday and put into investigative custody on Friday as they look into claims he was planning an attack.
No comment was made regarding the background of the attack or any possible motive.
Only a week ago the country was rocked by a suspected terror attack when an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed his car into a group of demonstrators in Munich last Thursday.
A 37-year-old mother and her two-year-old daughter were killed in the attack and injured at least 26 others.
Extremism and terror cops are probing the shocking smash, with the 24-year-old driver being arrested at the scene.
It comes as Germany’s security and immigration policies face huge scrutiny before the national election on February 23.
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