Berlin. There was a raid on a Muslim club in Berlin. The blue light reports the day of Berlin and Brandenburg.
- In Berlin, the premises of a Muslim association were searched
- 82-year-old man dies in serious traffic accident
- Man pretends to be a police officer and tricks an elderly man to get money
- Woman dies after apartment fire in Neukölln
- Pedestrian is hit by car
The premises of a Muslim association were searched during an operation. Here you will find the latest news from police It is Fire Department outside of Berlin It is Brandenburg on the news blog.
Blue light news from Berlin and Brandenburg from June 12, 2024: Woman wants to steal bags from a pensioner and hits her in the face
11:05 am: Last night, police officers arrested a woman who allegedly committed a robbery in Wilmersdorf. According to current knowledge, a 75-year-old woman and her 59-year-old companion were waiting for the train at a metro station at around 12:15 p.m., when the 36-year-old suspected robber first snatched the 75-year-old man. – the old woman’s cloth bag as she passed the platform and walked away. When the elderly woman and her companion tried to retrieve the bag, the 36-year-old woman allegedly hit it several times with the 59-year-old man’s mobility assistance. A witness noticed the argument on the platform and managed to separate the arguing parties before the alleged thief attacked again and hit the elderly woman in the face with his fist. The BVG security team observed what was happening via video surveillance and alerted the police. Emergency services arrested the suspect on the platform. The elderly woman and her companion were taken to the hospital for outpatient treatment. The BVG stopped metro traffic during operational measures. The arrested woman was taken into police custody and processed for identification purposes. A robbery commissioner took over further investigation.
Pedestrian injured in traffic accident
11:03 am: On Tuesday afternoon, a pedestrian was injured in a traffic accident with a driver in Haselhorst. According to previous findings, the 52-year-old driver wanted to turn around on Zitadellenweg towards Am Juliusturm at around 5:20 pm, when the 66-year-old pedestrian entered the road and collided with the car. The elderly man suffered head and hand injuries as a result of the collision. Alerted emergency services took him to hospital, where he was admitted. A commissioner specializing in traffic violations took over the additional investigation.
Woman dies after apartment fire in Neukölln
10:52 am: According to police, a woman died in an apartment fire in Neukölln on Tuesday afternoon. Therefore, residents noticed flames in an apartment on Niemetzstrasse at around 12:30 pm and alerted rescue teams. The Fire Department evacuated the house and extinguished the fire. During evacuation measures, rescuers rescued a lifeless 87-year-old tenant and initially successfully resuscitated her. The elderly woman was taken to a hospital where she died shortly afterwards. Three other tenants were injured and received outpatient treatment at the scene. After the extinction measures were completed, residents were able to return to their apartments. Braunschweiger Straße between Brusendorfer Straße and Elsterstraße and Niemetzstraße between Böhmische Straße and Saalestraße remained closed to vehicle traffic and public transport during the operation. A fire commissioner from the State Criminal Police took over the investigation into the suspected serious arson.
Man pretends to be police and scams elderly man out of 3,000 euros
9:11 am: A fraudster stole valuables worth around 3,000 euros from an 86-year-old man in Beeskow (Oder-Spree district) on Tuesday – police warn of an increasing number of fraudulent calls in the region. In the 86-year-old woman’s case, a suspected police officer first contacted her by phone and then went to her home, an Eastern Police Department spokesman said Wednesday. There he let himself be led through the rooms and took a jewelry box and a landline telephone. When he repeatedly asked the woman for money, she became skeptical and the man fled. He was wearing a baseball cap with police inscriptions.
Three fraudulent calls were reported in Seelow (Märkisch-Oderland) on Tuesday evening. Here, alleged police officers asked callers about jewelry and property under the pretext of having detained a nearby person at the railway station. In all three cases, charges of attempted fraud were brought. The incidents suggest that such frauds are now occurring more frequently in the region, the spokesperson said.
82-year-old man dies in accident – man and two children seriously injured
9:10 am: An 82-year-old woman died in a serious accident in the district of Elbe-Elster. A man and two children are hospitalized. As a police spokesman announced on Wednesday, the pensioner collided with oncoming traffic on Landstraße 60, between Munich and Langennaundorf, late on Tuesday afternoon. There she collided head-on with an oncoming car. The 43-year-old driver of the car and two children (5 and 9 years old) were taken to hospital with serious injuries. The 82-year-old man died at the scene of the accident and it is still unclear why the woman ran straight off the road, the spokesman said.
Research at a Muslim association in Berlin
8:35 am: Police forces searched rooms at the German-Speaking Muslim Community (DMG) in Braunschweig and other properties in Berlin on Wednesday morning. A total of eight objects were searched, a spokesman for the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior said. These are measures to implement the ban on associations. “This ban prohibits any continuation of club activity by existing members and any activity by third parties in favor of the banned club,” the spokesperson said. He declined to provide further information, citing ongoing searches. Norddeutsche Rundfunk and “Spiegel” initially reported on the attack.
Berlin Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) welcomed the attack. “Today’s operation also shows that the spread of inhumane ideologies will not be tolerated,” Spranger said Wednesday. “Whether it is the defamation of Muslims and members of other religions and non-believers who, in the opinion of these radical Salafists, are not following the right path, or the unequal treatment of the sexes and the rejection of basic democratic principles.”
BM/dpa