Weißensee: Police shoot woman at tram stop
The suspect had allegedly threatened someone with a knife. She is in hospital without life-threatening injuries after a canine unit halted her attempt to flee.
Eva Braungart, Alexander Schmalz, 4.3.2021 - 10:10 Uhr
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Berlin - Two police officers fired at a woman allegedly threatening people with in Weissensee late Wednesday, injuring her and damaging a tram stop, police said. The woman was hit in the leg and transported to the hospital but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
Police were first called to the Albertinenstraße tram stop in Berliner Allee at 9.45pm because a 68-year-old woman had threatened a passenger with a knife. When the officers arrived at the stop, the woman had a knife in one hand and scissors in the other.