Argument escalates: Snack bar worker stabbed in Wedding

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It is shortly after half past midnight when an argument escalates on Reinickendorfer Straße in Berlin-Wedding. A 28-year-old snack bar worker flees from a larger group into a snack bar – and is stabbed there according to police. He is taken to hospital with a stab wound and admitted for inpatient treatment.

According to initial findings by the Berlin police, the man got into an argument with a larger group of people at around 0:50. When he fled into the snack bar, the group reportedly brought him to the ground and beat him. He sustained the stab wound during this. Police arrested three suspects during the night.

What is known about the crime so far

The exact sequence of events has not yet been conclusively clarified. According to a report from t-online.de, the snack bar owner attempted to mediate between those arguing and was himself attacked in the process. Whether he was injured is not clear from the available reports.

Conflicting reports across media

The circumstances of the crime are reported in part inconsistently across the various media outlets. The Tagesschau report (zeit.de) states that the 28-year-old got into an argument with another man at around 2:00. Süddeutsche Zeitung adopts this account. Other sources, such as BZ Berlin and Leipziger Zeitung, by contrast, report 0:50, a larger group of people, and three arrested suspects.

The location of the stab wound is also unclear: Tagesspiegel writes "Stabbed in the buttocks", while Leipziger Zeitung speaks instead of a "stab wound to the thigh". Which account is accurate cannot be clarified from the available reports – it may be an evolution of the police report over the course of the night.