Friday 03 / January / 2025
Two people were wounded in a knife attack in western Berlin, police in Germany's capital said Tuesday.
The New Year's Eve stabbing took place in the western district of Charlottenburg, a police spokeswoman said.
Emergency services were alerted shortly before 12 p.m. local time (11:00 UTC/GMT), police said.
The Berliner Morgenpost newspaper reported that the attack began inside a supermarket on the corner of Quedlinburger Strasse and Sömmeringstrasse. Police said the knifeman then moved outside to the sidewalk close to a nearby hotel.
The suspect, a Syrian national who lives in Sweden, is said to have stabbed his victims with a knife he stole from the supermarket, police said in a statement.
