Man seriously injured in stabbing at Berlin Holocaust Memorial as police hunt suspect
21 February 2025, 18:59 | Updated: 21 February 2025, 20:01
A man has been seriously wounded in a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial.
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The man was seriously injured after being stabbed with a sharp object at Berlin's Holocaust memorial at around 6 pm on Friday, Tagesspiegel newspaper reports.
Police have sealed off an area near Berlin's US embassy and continue to search for anyone involved in the incident.
The injured man has been taken to hospital, police said.
His condition and whether he was known to the attacker remains unknown.
"At around 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT), a man was seriously injured by an unknown person," German police wrote on X.
"The injured man was taken to hospital," the statement added.
"Rescue workers are on site caring for several people who witnessed the events."
The suspect in the attack remains at large and no details have been given of a possible motive.
The memorial first opened in 2005 and is made up of more than 2,700 concrete slabs of varying heights paying tribute to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
This comes just days after more than 30 people were injured and two died after a Mini Cooper was driven into a crowd of activists in Munich.
The woman, 37, and her child passed away after being rushed to hospital following the incident.
