A vehicle of the Berlin fire brigade (symbol photo) Photo: picture alliance / dpa | Paul Zinken
By Axel Lier
Incredibly gross! Unknown persons threw excrement and urine at employees of the Berlin fire brigade last Saturday. One of the rescuers got a slug of it in the eye.
At around 2:50 p.m., the emergency services of the Johanniter Unfallhilfe were called to an alleged fall down the stairs at an underground station. But on site it turned out that the man just lay there and slept, next to his feces.
After the rescuers woke the man up, he grabbed his excreta with both hands and threw them towards the three men – one was hit. The attacker was sent off.
Repeated attacks on emergency services
► Last year, a total of 8,726 Berlin police officers were victims of violent crimes during an operation. In 1565 cases they were physically injured, in 16 cases the police officers even suffered serious injuries.
► The number of firefighters and other rescue workers affected by violence increased in 2022 compared to the previous year by 66 to 307 (+27.4 percent). 90 of them were physically injured, including one seriously injured person.