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A Syrian migrant accused of stabbing a bus passenger in the neck from behind after being refused a cigarette is set to appear before a judge in Berlin as police investigate whether he was also responsible for a later knife threat against a woman on another bus.
The first attack took place at around 5:50 a.m. on Thursday at the Hermannstraße/Sonnenallee bus stop in Berlin’s Neukölln district. According to police, a 33-year-old man was preparing to board the M41 bus when a 36-year-old man suddenly attacked him from behind with a knife, stabbing him in the neck.
The suspect initially fled the scene, while the victim collapsed with serious injuries. The bus driver alerted the emergency services, and paramedics treated the injured man before taking him to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Police initially said the victim’s condition was critical. According to an update reported byTagesspiegelon Friday, he remains seriously injured but is now conscious and able to communicate.
Investigators said the suspect had approached the 33-year-old shortly before the attack and asked him for a cigarette. The victim refused. A short time later, as he boarded the bus, the attacker allegedly stabbed him from behind.
Police are also examining whether the same man was involved in a second incident later that morning. At around 9:35 a.m., a 36-year-old woman was threatened with a knife on the M29 bus on Pannierstraße and forced to hand over money.
Authorities are still trying to verify the suspect’s identity, but several media outlets, includingBild, reported that he had claimed to be Syrian and born in Damascus.
The suspect is expected to be brought before a judge on Friday as prosecutors seek an arrest warrant.
A police investigation into aggravated assault is ongoing.
Source: modernity
