Two men seriously hurt in knife attacks at same Kreuzberg corner

Two men were seriously injured in knife attacks in Berlin-Kreuzberg overnight into Sunday, police said. Both were taken to hospital.

According to police, an unknown man asked a 40-year-old for alcohol at the corner of Schlesische Straße and Falckensteinstraße at around 10 p.m. on Saturday. When the 40-year-old said he had none, the man is reported to have stabbed him several times with a knife. The injured man told passers-by that the attacker had then fled. The passers-by alerted emergency services.

At about 4 a.m. on Sunday, a pedestrian found a 24-year-old with stab wounds in his back at the same spot. The 24-year-old said an unknown person had stabbed him in the back on Falckensteinstraße. Emergency services also took him to hospital.

In both cases the attacker remained unidentified. Officers are investigating whether the two incidents are linked. The report comes from the Tagesspiegel, citing dpa.