Overview
- Four Hertha BSC supporters aged 14 and 15 reported being threatened and robbed Friday evening near Greifenhagener Straße by a group they estimated at up to 30 people.
- The youths said several men, some masked and identifiable as Union Berlin supporters by clothing or pins, demanded their backpacks under threats of beatings.
- One 14-year-old had a Hertha-branded backpack torn from his back, and reported stolen items included an Apple iPod and Boss gloves.
- The victims alerted officers at the Schönhauser Allee Arcaden, and police soon located 11 males aged 16 to 21 on Krügerstraße, eight of whom wore Union fan articles.
- Investigators have not announced arrests or confirmed any link to the attack, and the Raubkommissariat has taken over the case.