Berlin. At the Humboldt Forum in Berlin-Mitte on Friday night, yet another clash. A new hotspot for criminality?
September 9, 2025
A 20-year-old Syrian was fatally wounded in a violent clash between two groups in Berlin-Mitte. On Friday evening at the Humboldt Forum near the Karl Liebknecht Bridge, he was so severely wounded by a sharp or pointed weapon that he initially had to be resuscitated, as a police spokesperson said in a video on X. As the State Prosecutor’s Office reported on Saturday, the man succumbed to his wounds and died during the night. The spokesperson has initially declined to provide information concerning the weapon.
In the fight, three people were attacked by a group of around 15 people at around 7:35pm, as the report states. The other two men from the smaller group, aged 22-23, were slightly wounded. A homicide squad and the State Prosecutor’s Office have taken over the investigation. There have been no arrests as yet. The analysis of physical evidence and witness statements is ongoing.
According to our information, the hostility between an Afghan group and a Syrian group was the trigger for the incident. Whether the violence broke out spontaneously or the clash was deliberately planned is as yet not clear. Police spokesperson Florian Nath told Berliner Zeitung regarding the preliminary status of the investigation: “It seems that a group of Afghans attacked a group of Syrians.” The police confirm to us that the victim is a Syrian. As for the other group, there is no confirmed information, since there were no arrests, the police told Berliner Morgenpost.
Similar incident at Humboldt Forum a few weeks ago
Only three weeks ago, at the Humboldt Forum, there was a knife fight between two groups during which, according to police, six men suffered wounds.
At that time, a 24-year-old was critically wounded in the back and operated on at a hospital. The other men, aged 20-26, according to police reports, suffered stabbing and cutting wounds to the hands, legs, as well as the pelvis and upper body. A 14-year-old and two men, ages 19 and 20, were arrested. The background for the bloody clash was also initially unclear in this case. Whether there is a connection with the incident on Friday is under investigation. One parallel is at least apparent: Then also, Afghans and Syrians were going at each other.
Is the Humboldt Forum now a new hotspot? Not likely, according to security circles. It is probably a temporary move away from the nearby Alexanderplatz, one of the seven “crime-plagued places” in the capital. This shift may have something to do with the heightened police presence as a result of the police station there. However, Alexanderplatz remains one of the most dangerous corners of Berlin. In the past year, there were a total of 35 stabbings and 80 gun incidents recorded by police in and around the square.
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