A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial, according to German media.
Berlin police are investigating the assault that took place on the northern side of the field of 2,700 grey concrete slabs, near the US embassy, on Friday evening, Tagesspiegel reported.
Officers sealed off the site in the city centre, near the Brandenburg Gate, and were carrying out a search after the incident happened at around 6pm local time (5pm UK time), according to the newspaper.
Police told Tagesspiegel the man was seriously injured with a sharp object at the sprawling monument and taken to hospital by the fire brigade.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is a site in the heart of Berlin to remember the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust.
There was no indication yet of motive for the attack.
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