Berlin Mitte Knife Attack: Significant Police Incident at Holocaust Memorial Following Stabbing

21 February 2025 , 19:23

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Multiple police officers are at the scene in Mitte, Berlin ( Image: Getty Images)

Police in Berlin said one man has been left ’seriously injured’ by an unknown person at the Holocaust Memorial in Mitte - with investigations ongoing at the crime scene this evening

Police have raced to a Holocaust Memorial in Berlin after a reports of a knife attack which saw one man stabbed and rushed to hospital with "serious" injuries - and others at the scene treated for shock.

The attack reportedly broke out at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Mitte - Berlin’s central borough - close to the US Embassy. A cordon has been placed around the area, where authorities are on site with several emergency vehicles. Blood-soaked clothing left at the crime scene was reportedly taken away by the police.

Officers say one man who was left seriously injured has been taken to hospital, while witnesses at the scene are being treated for shock by rescue workers. The unknown perpetrator, thought to be male, is on the run, and the victim, who has also not been named, is due to undergo surgery in hospital, a police spokeswoman told German news outlet Zeit Online.

A press conference is due to be held at some point this evening, the force added. Berlin Police said in a tweet: "At around 6pm, a man was seriously injured by an unknown person in the field of stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in #Mitte. The injured man was taken to hospital. 

"Rescue workers are on site caring for several people who had to witness the events. Investigations are ongoing at the crime scene. A press collection point will be set up on Behrenstrasse, near Cora-Berliner-Street."

According to Bild, police spokesman Florian Nath said the perpetrator fled the scene and is currently still at large after witnesses saw a man running away.

Ambulances park in front of the US Embassy near the crime scene ( Image: CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

He said: "The victim is a male, injuries from a stabbing weapon. He is in hospital. There is no information yet about the man’s identity. The murder weapon has not yet been found. The perpetrator is on the run. Witnesses claim to have seen a man running away."

The attack occurred around 6pm "in the field of steles of the memorial", although there is currently no apparent connection to the embassy or the Berlin memorial, Bild reports.

James Turner