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Youths involved in U-Bahn death turn themselves in

Two of the three young men involved in a death outside a Berlin U-Bahn metro station turned themselves in on Saturday evening. Early Saturday morning, a 23-year-old died after being chased by assailants and hit by a car.

Published: 18 September 2011 10:27 CEST
Youths involved in U-Bahn death turn themselves in
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The two men, 21 and 22, were part of a group of three men police were looking for in connection with the death of the 23-year-old, a spokesman said on Sunday.

“They admitted that they had something to do with the case and were arrested,” he said.

On Saturday at around 4:50 am, the 23-year-old and a companion were attacked by three other men in the Kaiserdamm U-Bahn station in western Berlin. While one man managed to flee, the 23-year-old was hit by a passing car after he ran from the station and attempted to cross the road.

Despite efforts by emergency personnel, he died on the scene.

Police did not release additional details about the two men now in custody, saying only that the case had been passed on to the Berlin homicide division.

Over the past few months, there have been a number of reports of brutal assaults in Berlin subway stations. The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have used the issue in their election campaign to cast doubt on the current government’s record on security and law enforcement.

At Easter, a 29-year-old was severely injured by an 18-year-old man in the Friedrichshain station. That case has come to trial and a verdict is expected next week.

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Teenager turns self in after attack on German politician

A 17-year-old has turned himself in to police in Germany after an attack on a lawmaker that the country's leaders decried as a threat to democracy.

Published: 5 May 2024 12:52 CEST
Teenager turns self in after attack on German politician

The teenager reported to police in the eastern city of Dresden early Sunday morning and said he was “the perpetrator who had knocked down the SPD politician”, police said in a statement.

Matthias Ecke, 41, European parliament lawmaker for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), was set upon by four attackers as he put up EU election posters in Dresden on Friday night, according to police.

Ecke was “seriously injured” and required an operation after the attack, his party said.

Scholz on Saturday condemned the attack as a threat to democracy.

“We must never accept such acts of violence,” he said.

Ecke, who is head of the SPD’s European election list in the Saxony region, was just the latest political target to be attacked in Germany.

Police said a 28-year-old man putting up posters for the Greens had been “punched” and “kicked” earlier in the evening on the same Dresden street.

Last week two Greens deputies were abused while campaigning in Essen in western Germany and another was surrounded by dozens of demonstrators in her car in the east of the country.

According to provisional police figures, 2,790 crimes were committed against politicians in Germany in 2023, up from 1,806 the previous year, but less than the 2,840 recorded in 2021, when legislative elections took place.

A group of activists against the far right has called for demonstrations against the attack on Ecke in Dresden and Berlin on Sunday, Der Spiegel magazine said.

According to the Tagesspiegel newspaper, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is planning to call a special conference with Germany’s regional interior ministers next week to address violence against politicians.

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