Berlin: Man chokes woman and attacks child at tram stop | Regional

Berlin – A 23-year-old man attacked and injured several people in Alt-Hohenschönhausen on Saturday afternoon.

At around 2:45 p.m. he first verbally threatened an 18-year-old on the main street. He then choked her with both hands and pushed her against a construction fence, which collapsed.

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The woman fell into a ditch about two meters deep behind the fence, where the man followed her and strangled her again.

A witness intervened and the man fled. The 18-year-old suffered bruises and abrasions and complained of pain. Rescue workers treated her on site as an outpatient.

Shortly afterwards, around 3 p.m., the man pushed a four-year-old child to the ground at the nearby tram stop.

He tried to push a stroller with a two-year-old child into the track bed. Passers-by prevented this and held the man until the police arrived.

The children were uninjured and the mother was treated as an outpatient.

The police took the man into custody and handed him over to the criminal investigation department. A hospital previously refused to admit him to a psychiatric ward.

The man should be brought before an investigating judge. The investigation into dangerous and simple bodily harm is ongoing.

This text is based on official information from authorities and was created with the help of AI.