Shock in Gesundbrunnen: robbery and shots at Osloer Straße underground station!

Shock in Gesundbrunnen: robbery and shots at Osloer Straße underground station!

On the evening of May 31, 2025, the Berlin police and emergency services were alerted at an incident in Osloer Strasse in Gesundbrunnen at 11:35 p.m. The criminal police of Directorate 1 (north) has taken over the investigation because a man with facial injury was found. However, he and his companion be withdrawn and removed with two other people before the officials could arrive.

About 30 minutes later there was a discussion at a bus stop on the corner of Osloer Straße and Tromsöer Straße, in which several shots were made. Here, too, the people involved prevented a arrest by escaping before the police arrived. At the crime scene, the investigators secured cartridges as evidence.

attack and escape

At 1:30 a.m., the police authorities observed a person who was treated in a hospital in Heinz-Galinski-Straße. According to the first information, a 31-year-old man stated that he was attacked by a group by a demand for drugs. He had fled to the subway station, where, according to the police, he had been attacked and robbed with a knife and a bar. After the attack there was also a change of shooting with others.

The 31-year-old was medical care with his injuries and finally taken into police custody. This happened together with two other men aged 17 and 28, who are also said to have been involved in the incident. The investigators suspected that the carefully treated man is the injured person at the subway station and may also have been involved in the shot taxes. After completing the police measures, all three men were released, while the comprehensive investigations to clarify the event continued.

increase in violent acts in Berlin's transport system

The incidents in the Gesundbrunnen are part of an alarming trend in local public transport. According to a security report by the BVG A total of 4,181 acts of violence in means of transport registered , which is the highest number in the past ten years. This corresponds to an average of more than 11 acts of violence a day. It is worrying that the number of bodily harm also increases with 2,898 cases.

These developments throw a shadow on safety in Berlin local transport, although the BVG points out that the numbers are also related to an increase in passenger numbers.