Blitz attack in Charlottenburg: Knife stabbing in late purchase!

Blitz attack in Charlottenburg: Knife stabbing in late purchase!

In a troubling incident in Charlottenburg, police forces were alerted after a 38-year-old man threatened a knife in Guerickestrasse. This happened on the night of June 15, 2025, when a verbal argument between the seller and a group of four men occurred in a late sale. The dispute escalated when the 38-year-old tried to attack the seller with a cigarette stand, but failed. The seller received unexpected support from a 34-year-old friend, but the situation quickly became aggressively when the 38-year-old hit it in the face and left the group the business, threatening the seller to put him out of threats.

About an hour later, the 38-year-old returned with a knife. In panic, the seller fled into Cauerstrasse and asked the 40-year-old shopkeeper for help, who received a baseball bat. The attack continued to escalate when the 38-year-old pulled another knife. The situation could finally be mitigated by the intervention of the police, which secured the attacker with handcuffs. When arrested, the 38-year-old showed uncooperative behavior and had a breath alcohol value of around two per thousand.

Investigations and background

The police confiscated a foldable one -hand knife and a hunting knife with a blade length of 16 centimeters near the crime scene. Fortunately, the seller was unharmed. The investigation into the incident is continued by a specialist commissioner of Directorate 2 (West). In this context it became known that the knife attacker was a criminal record and was unavailable at the time of the incidents, which reinforced the drama of the situation.

The incident in Charlottenburg is symptomatic of the increase in violent crime in Germany. According to the [police crime statistics 2024] (https://www.bka.de/de/aktuelleinformations/statistikenlaglder/Polizei -Kriminalstatistik/PKS2024/Poliiche_Kriminalstatistik_2024/poliminalstatistik_2024.html), violent crime has increased to a high since 2007, With 217,277 registered cases. This tendency increase is attributed to an increase in knife attacks, which were first recorded in the statistics in 2024.

A total of 29,014 knife attacks were registered, with 54.3 % of these attacks to be resettled in the category of violent crime. This shows a worrying picture of the security situation in urban areas such as Berlin, especially in view of the fact that 913.196 non -German suspects were recorded, which corresponds to 41.8 % of all suspects. In view of these developments, it remains to be seen which measures the authorities will take to combat increasing violent crime in the urban area.

For further information about the background of the incident in Charlottenburg you can read Spiegel.de.