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Berlin sets up knife ban zones
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At the halfway point of the European Football Championship, Berlin is setting up no-knife zones. According to the official gazette, weapons “with a fixed or lockable blade with a blade length of more than four centimeters as well as axes, swords, daggers or sabres” are prohibited.
At the halfway point of the European Football Championship, Berlin is temporarily setting up no-gun and no-knife zones. The aim is to ensure as much security as possible, said Berlin’s police chief Barbara Slowik on Friday during an interim assessment of the European Championship. A corresponding general order, which is to apply from Saturday until July 15, was published in the official gazette.
Accordingly, the no-go zones will be set up on certain days in areas around the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the two fan zones at the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, as well as at the fan meeting points at Breitscheidplatz and Hammarskjöldplatz. According to the official gazette, weapons and knives “with a fixed or lockable blade with a blade length of more than four centimeters, as well as axes, swords, daggers or sabres” are prohibited.
Public viewing in front of the Reichstag
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Basically, it’s about creating even more security in highly frequented places during the tournament, said Slokwik on Friday. There have been various knife attacks in the past in cities such as Stuttgart. Several people were injured in an altercation in the fan zone there on Wednesday.
Two additional public viewings at the Brandenburg Gate
But no one needs to be afraid, the police chief stressed. Overall, the police have been “very satisfied” with their operations around the European Championships. Events on the sidelines such as fan marches or public viewing in the city have largely gone off without a hitch. In total, officers carried out around 280 deprivation of liberty or freedom-restricting measures on six days of operations. Around 170 reports were filed for this. The crime situation is in the low three-digit range, Slowik continued.
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