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Violent argument in front of the embassy: police officers injured and arrested!
There was an argument between two men in the Tiergarten in Berlin, which led to physical injuries and resistance to the police.
Violent argument in front of the embassy: police officers injured and arrested!
On August 26, 2025, an incident occurred on Stauffenbergstrasse in front of an embassy in Berlin-Tiergarten that put the police on alert. At around 12 p.m. the emergency services were called to an assault and insult. An argument between two men, a 29-year-old and a 51-year-old, escalated when the younger man first insulted and then hit the older man.
The 51-year-old suffered ear pain from the attack but refused medical treatment. While the police were clarifying the incident, the 29-year-old resisted. To bring the situation under control, emergency services used an irritant spray device to subdue the aggressive man. The suspect was then taken into police custody, where he resisted again.
Injuries and legal consequences
As a result of the resistance, three police personnel were injured and were unable to continue their duties. The 29-year-old will now be taken to the specialist department of Police Directorate 2 (West) and will be brought before an investigating judge who will decide on the public prosecutor's application to issue an arrest warrant. Attacks on police officers and their resistance in the performance of their duties are prosecuted under criminal law in Germany. The main legal bases for this include Section 113 of the Criminal Code, which regulates resistance to police officers, and Section 114 of the Criminal Code, which covers physical attacks. The penalty for an assault ranges from a minimum prison sentence of three months to five years, and there is no provision for a fine. In addition, Section 185 of the Criminal Code applies to insults, which can also be prosecuted.
According to Section 185 of the Criminal Code, insults towards police members can result in a prison sentence of up to one year or a fine. This is particularly true if the insult is made publicly and the honor of the police officers is disrespected. Judgments on acts of resistance show that police officers have the right to take action against such attacks and also to assert legal claims for damages.
Research on the use of force by police
Incidents like the one in Tiergarten are part of a larger debate about police violence and how to deal with such events. The research project KviAPol, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), investigates the use of violence by police officers and their criminal prosecution in Germany. The project includes a survey of those affected with over 3,300 participants and over 60 qualitative interviews and offers a scientific basis for the analysis of the use of force by police officers.
The results of the project, including an important book entitled “Violence in Office”, highlight the complex interactions and defining power of the police and are available free of charge in open access. Current research results were presented in a lecture at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Such incidents not only raise questions about individual responsibility, but also about the legal framework under which the police in Germany operate. It remains to be seen how this specific case will be legally assessed and what consequences will arise from it.
Further information on the legal aspects of resistance against police officers can be found at Salary of police officers and the comprehensive research results on police violence are available on the website KviAPol visible. Details about the incident in Tiergarten are available berlin.de published.