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‘Knife attack’ horror at Holocaust Memorial

There is a major operation in Berlin following a terrifying knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial.

There is now a heavy police presence in the area. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

There is now a heavy police presence in the area. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

One person has been seriously injured following a terrifying knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

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.

 

On Friday evening at around 6pm, a man was seriously injured. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
On Friday evening at around 6pm, a man was seriously injured. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images


Ambulances park near the US Embassy and crime scene at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Ambulances park near the US Embassy and crime scene at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images 


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.

 

There is now a heavy police presence in the area. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
There is now a heavy police presence in the area. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images


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

Author: Annabel Bate - The Sun

Source: News Corp Australia Network:

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