Major operation after ‘knife attack’ at Berlin Holocaust Memorial, one seriously injured

Police have cordoned off the crime scene between the Memorial and the US Embassy in Berlin’s Mitte district, The Sun reports.

Berlin police told German newspaper Tagespiegel that the man was injured with a sharp object and transported by the fire brigade to hospital.

Tagespiegel said the attack had taken place on the northern side of the sprawling Holocaust monument, near the US Embassy.

Police and rescuers are at the scene with various emergency vehicles.

Several people are said to have been treated for shock, German newspaper Bildreports.

Officers are also searching the area.

There is currently no apparent connection to the embassy or the Berlin memorial and the perpetrator is on the run, according to Bild.

Berlin cops said in a statement on X: “At around 6pm, a man was seriously injured by an unknown person in the field of stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in #Mitte.

“The injured man was taken to hospital. Rescue workers are on site caring for several people who had to witness the events.

“Investigations are ongoing at the crime scene.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission