Fatal knife attack in the Körnerpark - police are looking for witnesses!

Fatal knife attack in the Körnerpark - police are looking for witnesses!

Last Sunday there was a fatal knife attack in the Körnerpark in Berlin-Neukölln. According to [RBB24] (https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/biebtrag/2025/06/messen attack-koernerpark-berlin.html), the incident happened around 3:00 p.m. on the meadow next to the fountain complex and between the fountain complex and the fontaine basin. In the attack, a 28-year-old man was injured so badly that he died in the hospital despite attempts to resuscitate. The man was involved in a dispute with another person, and the police are now looking for witnesses who have observed the incident or have photo and video recordings.

The investigators appeal to the public to pass on information or evidence to each police station. The exact background of the dispute are still unclear, but this incident again points to the concerns of violence in the city.

attacks on police officers

Even before this event, another violent incident in Neukölln occurred in the same week: a police officer was seriously injured with a knife in front of a police station. According to the Tagesschau, the suspect was released shortly after the incident. This decision caused great excitement and criticism. Justice Minister Felor Badenberg (CDU) made it clear that the dismissal was prompted by the police and not by the public prosecutor. The public prosecutor was only informed three hours after the release.

The suspect was initially observed for property damage to a police vehicle. In the course of dealing with the police officer, who did not recognize himself as a civil servant, the injury occurred. Badenberg explained that there was no recognizable stab or cut movements of the accused in the evidence. The investigation is now also directed against the injured civil servants for assault, which further complicates the situation.

statistics on knife attacks in Berlin

The incidents in Neukölln fit into a worrying statistics. [Berliner Zeitung] (https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/93-messer attackspro-in-berin-neue-statistics-wer-die-seter-sind-li.2305189) reports that there were average in Berlin in 2022 over nine knife attacks per day. In total, the police registered 3412 knife attacks, a slight decline compared to 3482 in 2021. Over half of these attacks occurred on public roads and squares, whereby knives are often used as threatening and actual attacks.

The statistics also show that the number of relentless attacks has increased to life, while rawness offenses and predators decreased. The increase in the knife attacks is also accompanied by an increase in non -German suspects. Of the 1801 adult suspects in 2022, over 1600 non -German stereotypes were under which 365 young people were suspicious.