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B erlin (dpa) – The attack is insidious and cruel: the two homeless men sleep in their encampment at the busy Schöneweide resort, east of Berlin, while the culprit gets closer Sunday night.
a liquid on his victims, reaches the lighter or matches and lights the men.
Witnesses from a nearby snack bar rush to help and fight the flames with a fire extinguisher. Presumably, they only save the lives of the homeless. Both victims have German nationality. At first, there was no more information about their identity.
However, according to the police, the two men, aged 47 and 62, are seriously injured. Paramedics provide first aid. Then the victims are taken to the Berlin Accident Hospital (UKB) in Marzahn. There they are treated since the night, as one speaker says. The clinic specializes in the treatment of burns.
On Monday, one of the two men is in a so-called protective coma, an artificial deep sleep that protects the body. With burns, recovery can take weeks and in severe cases months, says the UKB spokesman. It depends on the type of injuries, the degree of burn and the parts of the body affected.
The head of the Bahnhofsmission Zoo, Dieter Puhl, reacts immediately on Monday. "We are outraged by the attacks on homeless people that are known to us Hey – the unreported number is unfortunately much higher," writes Puhl, who has been dealing with the homeless in Berlin for years, on Facebook
"Coercion, insults, badaults, violence, rapes – many have not yet been brought to the pub.The best protection is more help, additional sleeping places," he said. "social empathy, the education of the heart", asks Puhl.
The police badumes after the first investigations of an author.This escapes after the attack, which is unclear. is produced at 11 pm At night, White Criminal Police experts investigate the scene of the crime and search for traces in the partially burned camp of the homeless among caddies, blankets, pillows and pillows. clothes.
A team of homicides investigating witnesses and interrupts The police also check whether the station's location is monitored by cameras. If the attacker was in the building, he could have been filmed by the local cameras
. Information about the author or motive is not known at first, but other issues are also open. It is not known whether the flammable liquid was gasoline, denatured alcohol or high strength schnapps, as was the amount used.
The fact that the offender had fluid and that it was used could indicate a planned act. Does the perpetrator come from a far right background, does it belong to an aggressive but non-political scene of young men or even homeless environments? The police are now trying to answer these questions.
The victims were camped in a lift cage located on the forecourt of the train station, between the station building, a large shopping center, a main road and snacks. The crime scene was very visible from all sides. Berlin estimates that between 4,000 and 10,000 people live on the streets or in the parks. Attacks against them happen again and again, also because the homeless often appear helpless and intoxicated. Aggressors are often aggressive young men
The current case directly reminds of Christmas Eve 2016, when a group of young people in a Berlin subway station attempted to light a homeless sleeping with a lighter. The act was committed rather spontaneously because of the boredom of young refugees on Christmas Eve and a dangerous group dynamic.
The court did not see an attempted murder. The main culprit was found guilty of attempting dangerous aggression. However, there are differences, mainly because of the liquid, that could indicate a targeted attack.
About 150 people commemorate the two victims of the insidious attack Monday night. They participate in the crime scene during a vigil against "hostility and exclusion of the homeless." In front of the crime scene, there was a sign saying "Grief – Fury – Solidarity". People lay flowers and candles.
Dieter Puhl on Facebook
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