Shock in Neukölln: Lidl customer met by weapon-perpetrator flees!

Shock in Neukölln: Lidl customer met by weapon-perpetrator flees!

In a troubling incident in a Lidl branch in Berlin-Neukölln, a 34-year-old man was injured on Wednesday evening, December 11th. The customer was about to bring his shopping cart back when there was a verbal examination with an unknown perpetrator. At around 8 p.m., the stranger pulled a gun and fired a shot, causing the 34-year-old to injure it. The perpetrator then fled towards Fritz-Erler-Allee.

rescue workers were quickly on site and brought the injured to a nearby hospital, where he was medical care. The exact background of the dispute and the motif of the perpetrator are still unclear. The investigation into dangerous bodily harm was taken over by a specialist commissioner of the police directorate 4, such as berlin-live.de reported.

an increase in violence

The incident in Neukölln is not isolated. Just a day later, in Berlin-Lichtenberg, a 33-year-old man was arrested who threatened an employee of a delivery service with a firearm because a delivery was incomplete. Here, too, the alcohol value of the perpetrator in alarming 2.3 per thousand, such as mein-berlin.net reported.

The interior ministries of the federal states find that violence increases in everyday situations. The causes are, among other things, social factors such as inflation, which cited increased mobility according to the corona measures and migration movements. This leads to an increasingly critical security situation in many German cities, including Berlin.

The current situation is also skill in the challenges with which society is confronted and illustrates the need for measures to improve public security.