Ostkreuz station in the early morning. People from Berlin are going to work, it’s crowded. A man (29) stabs a passenger in the back from behind!
The victim (46) was waiting for his suburban train at around 6.40 a.m. on Tuesday. Suddenly someone bumped into him on the platform of the Ringbahn. This was followed by the knife attack – in the middle of the rush hour.
The seriously injured man saved himself by running to the security staff of the German Railway. The security was able to catch the perpetrator and hold him until the Federal Police arrived.
The knife was later found in the track bed. The victim was treated by paramedics at the scene and then taken to hospital.
The alleged perpetrator, an Iraqi, is already known to the police. When the officers checked his personal details, they found that he was already wanted on four arrest warrants – for property offences and violation of the narcotics act.
This time, too, the Iraqi was apparently under the influence of drugs and had also consumed alcohol. The suspect was taken to the detention centre of the state police.
He is now being investigated on suspicion of dangerous bodily harm and violation of the Narcotics Act, among other things.