Spectacular attack on money transporters in Berlin-Charlottenburg!

Spectacular attack on money transporters in Berlin-Charlottenburg!

Giesebrechtstraße/Ecke Kurfürstendamm, 10625 Berlin, Deutschland - Another attack on a money transporter shakes the capital. This morning, July 1, 2025, around 7:45 a.m., there was an armed attack on Giesebrechtstraße/corner Kurfürstendamm in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Several hooded perpetrators were active in front of a bank branch, one of them was equipped with a sharp firearm.

The purses were threatened with weapons during the robbery and one of the money transport drivers was even attacked with pepper spray, slightly injured. The bank's front door suffered damage from the attack. Fortunately, a civil patrol noticed the incident and intervened immediately.

escape of the perpetrators

The perpetrators fled in a black SUV and gave up several shots during their escape. The police followed the vehicle to Brandenburgische Straße corner Ravensberger Straße, where she finally broke off the persecution. The escape vehicle rams a construction site vehicle in Blissestraße, after which the stranger managed to escape. The amount of the prey has so far remained unclear.

The police have already set up a point of view and calls on the population for help. A total of around 220 police forces were deployed to clarify the incident. Memories of previous raids on money transporters, also in Charlottenburg and on Ku’damm, wake up. The police union sees Berlin as a “hotspot of organized crime”, which makes the Situation more explosive, such as tagesschau.de reported.

The trend of money transporter attacks

Only recently, late Sunday evening, a money transporter in Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf was attacked. Here, too, the perpetrators were armed and set fire to their escape vehicle after capturing money cassettes. However, the police later ensured the prey, while the search for the perpetrators continues to run rbb24.de .

In 2023, the police in Berlin recorded 66 investigative complexes and 485 suspects in connection with organized crime. These criminal groups caused financial damage of 57.1 million euros. The main areas of use of organized crime are drug trade, property crime and more. According to a press release from the Senate Department for the Interior, the risk of hazard is high, whereby violent methods are increasingly being used berlin.de .

Today's attack makes once more illustrates the questionable situation of organized crime in Berlin and reveals the question: How much more needs to be done to protect the citizens and improve the feeling of security in the city?