The capital’s police are seeking the public’s help in a case that is now two years old. By releasing four photographs, Berlin police are asking for information about an as-yet unidentified man who, on the evening of July 6, 2023, on Reichenberger Street in Kreuzberg, allegedly directed queer- and misogynistic insults at two women together with three other men.
After the verbal confrontation, the situation escalated into a physical assault. The two women—then aged 27 and 31—were knocked to the ground by punches and kicks; the 27-year-old briefly lost consciousness, while the 31-year-old suffered pain and a head laceration. The incident occurred around 7:30 PM.
The investigators are now asking: Who can provide information about the identity and/or whereabouts of the suspect? Who saw the suspect before, during, or after the crime? Who can supply additional pertinent details?
How to contact the police
Tips should be reported to the Berlin State Protection (Polizeilicher Staatsschutz) of the State Criminal Police Office (LKA Berlin) at Bayernring 44 in Berlin-Tempelhof by calling (030) 4664-953528. The unit can also be reached by email. Witnesses may also contact the Berlin Police’s Internet Watch or any other police station.
In recent years, the Berlin police have noted a steady rise in hate crimes (as TheColu.mn reported). Maneo, the LGBTQ anti-violence project founded in 1990, recorded 738 cases and reports of hostility toward queer people in Germany’s capital—Berlin—in the past year, the highest figure on record (TheColu.mn reported). In the past weeks, Maneo’s office has been attacked twice by unknown assailants (TheColu.mn reported).
Update Oct 10: Suspect identified
The suspect in the queer- and misogynistic assault on Reichenberger Street in Kreuzberg on July 6, 2023 has been identified, the Berlin police announced.
