Berlin: Shots Fired At Hair Salon And Nightclub, Second Attack In Days
Police are investigating whether the incident is connected to a shooting two days earlier in Kreuzberg, where a 22-year-old man was seriously wounded. Both attackers remain at large as a special task force set up to curb the German capital's rising gun violence continues its search.
Berlin experienced a second gun attack in less than 48 hours on Sunday morning. Unknown assailants opened fire at a hair salon on Stendaler Strasse in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district, according to a police spokesperson. Neighboring nightclub also sustained bullet holes, though it remains unclear if the nightclub was the primary target.
Thankfully, no one was injured in the assault. Police are now investigating the motive behind the incident. This follows a shooting on Friday evening in Kreuzberg’s Graefekiez neighborhood, where a 22-year-old man was shot and taken to the hospital with injuries requiring emergency surgery. The attacker fled the scene in both cases, prompting an ongoing manhunt and a homicide unit taking over the investigation.
The rise in gun crimes in Berlin has been significant, with the task force Ferrum, set up last autumn, opening hundreds of investigations, securing arrest warrants, and confiscating firearms among other items. Despite these efforts, the frequency of shootings in public spaces has not decreased, and if anything, saw a renewed spike in May.
The connection between Sunday's Marzahn-Hellersdorf attack and the broader pattern of gun crime remains unconfirmed by Berlin police.
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