Explosion in Berlin: Police are looking for witnesses for fake pyrotechnics!

Die Polizei Berlin benötigt Ihre Hilfe zur Aufklärung mehrerer explosionsbedingter Straftaten am 16. Januar 2025.
The Berlin police need their help to clarify several explosion -related crimes on January 16, 2025. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

Explosion in Berlin: Police are looking for witnesses for fake pyrotechnics!

In the night of January 16, 2025, there were a number of dangerous incidents in Berlin, which resulted in several injuries. First, an explosive explosion was caused at 1:52 a.m. at Vorbergstrasse 1 in Schöneberg, in which several people were injured and considerable damage to property occurred. The police called on the population to provide the help in the investigation of this incident, which was triggered by unknown people. This explosion was not the only dangerous incident at night.

A police officer was seriously injured in Prenzlauer Allee around midnight when a shot object hit him life -threatening. Another incident occurred at 0:30 a.m. on Emstaler Platz in Tegel, where strangers threw a pyrotechnic object into a crowd. Several people, including a child, were seriously injured. The police have alerted these incidents, which has now initiated extensive investigations to clarify the identity of the perpetrators and prevent similar acts (https://www.

explosion on police premises

In addition, there was an explosion near a police building in Berlin-Wittenau on Thursday evening. Two officers were injured during a routine security course when an unknown object detonated around 8:20 p.m. The 31-year-old police chief suffered serious facial injuries that could possibly lead to losing his eyesight. However, his colleague, a 29-year-old police champion, contracted the hospital, but was able to leave the hospital. The police initially excluded a targeted attack and instead suspected improper handling of pyrotechnics, such as sueddeutsche.de reported. Investigations and the reconstruction of the events are underway, while the authority also checks whether the detonation is in the context of New Year's Eve fireworks.

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