Large police operation after shots at Stuttgarter Platz in Berlin-Charlottenburg Photo: Spreepicture
By Dirk Boettger
Large-scale operation for the Berlin police early on Tuesday morning at “Stutti”. Shots are said to have been fired there, and according to initial information, a man collapsed injured on the sidewalk of Stuttgarter Platz in Charlottenburg.
A hundred units with submachine guns at the ready moved in alongside police patrols and rescue workers.
Police and rescue workers at Stuttgarter Platz Photo: Spreepicture
The injured man was treated and taken to a hospital.
The sidewalk was closed, a search was made for traces of the shots and the first witnesses were also questioned.
Heavily armed police officers at Stuttgarter Platz Photo: Spreepicture
In the morning, the police did not confirm whether it was a live weapon or a firearm, this is the subject of ongoing investigations. The perpetrator or perpetrators fled in an unknown direction, the search is ongoing.
On Stuttgarter Platz, Berlin neighborhood greats such as Bernd Termer, known as “Holzi” the “King of Stuttgarter Platz”, had their shops such as “Mon Cherie”, “Stutti Frutti” and “Chocolate”. After the big German neighborhoods came Arab clans.
A paramedic at the ambulance Photo: Spreepicture
Today, the Stuttgarter Platz is changing – there are hardly any red light companies there anymore, the neighborhood is changing. The investigations into the shots on the sidewalk and their background are ongoing.
There had been a stabbing in the area not too long ago on Krumme Straße, but it was not known Tuesday morning whether the crimes were related.