Large-scale deployment of the police and fire brigade in Wedding: Four people are said to have been injured by knife wounds and gunfire. One suspect was arrested.
Berlin – Several shots were fired in the parking lot of a hardware store in Berlin-Wedding on Friday afternoon. There were also knife wounds, according to a police spokesman. According to the fire department, there were four injured – three men and one woman.
They were medically treated on site and then taken to the hospital, said a fire department spokesman. The police and fire brigade went on a large-scale operation. There was an arrest in a parking garage at the hardware store that evening.
It was a targeted attack against a specific victim, according to a police spokesman. “That means there was a previous relationship. The extent to which it has developed is part of the investigation. ”The act was characterized by a great potential for violence. How many shots were fired is still unclear.
The perpetrator or perpetrators drove off the premises and are said to have touched another person with their vehicle, said the police spokesman. Apparently she was not injured, at least she did not seek medical treatment. According to dpa information, the police are looking for a car in the urban area.
According to dpa information, the police are checking a connection with large families of Arab origin. The crime scene was cordoned off in the early evening. The police questioned a number of eyewitnesses about their observations.
A police spokesman said the suspicion had concretized the arrested person. It was seen that the emergency services were holding two other men. According to the spokesman, these have the status of witnesses. dpa
