Explosion and attack in Berlin: Police are urgently looking for witnesses!

Die Polizei Berlin sucht Zeugen zu mehreren Explosionen in Schöneberg und Prenzlauer Berg am 14. Januar 2025. Hinweise erbeten.
The Berlin police are looking for witnesses for several explosions in Schöneberg and Prenzlauer Berg on January 14, 2025. (Symbolbild/MB)

Explosion and attack in Berlin: Police are urgently looking for witnesses!

In a shocking incident in Berlin, several explosions were reported that led to serious injuries. On January 14, 2025 at 1:52 a.m., there was an explosive explosion in front of an apartment building at Vorbergstrasse 1 in Schöneberg, with several people being injured and considerable damage to property occurred, as the Berlin police reported. This dangerous explosion is part of a series of incidents that shake the city.

Another worrying incident occurred around midnight in Prenzlauer Allee Danziger Straße, where a police officer was violated by a shot down object. In addition, an unknown perpetrator threw a pyrotechnic item into a crowd at 0:30 a.m. on Emstaler Platz in Tegel. This led to serious, sometimes life -threatening injuries, and was also a child among the victims, which reinforces the tragedy of the event. These attacks throw a dark light on the security situation in the capital, as noted in a report by ZDF.

explosion on police premises

In addition, the evening before, there was an explosion on a police site in Wittenau, in which two police officers were injured. Detonation occurred during a routine security course at 8:20 p.m. at the fencing of the police section 12. According to police spokesman Florian Nath, a targeted attack is not assumed; The explosion could have been caused by improper use of pyrotechnics. The 31-year-old police chief commissioner suffered serious injuries on the face and eye, while his 29-year-old colleague suffered a blast trauma and was able to leave the hospital in the meantime, as https://www.berlin.de/polizeimessungen/2025/PressMeiTeuchung reported.

Overall, the situation remains tense because the police are looking for traces of explosions and the investigation was intensified by the specialist commissioner for LKA explosive offenses. These incidents make it clear how important security and order are in the city of Berlin, especially after the terrifying actions of New Year's Eve, in which numerous police officers were injured, such as [zdf.

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