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| Shots fired at Checkpoint Charlie, popular Berlin tourist spot, police say incident related to cafe robbery | Shots fired at Checkpoint Charlie, popular Berlin tourist spot, police say incident related to cafe robbery |
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| Berlin police say an operation is ongoing after gunshots were heard during an armed robbery of a cafe near the famous Checkpoint Charlie landmark in the German capital. | Berlin police say an operation is ongoing after gunshots were heard during an armed robbery of a cafe near the famous Checkpoint Charlie landmark in the German capital. |
| The incident took place at around 2pm local time, with shots ringing out close to the famous Cold War era Berlin Wall crossing point, which is usually thronged with tourists. | |
| Several people posted about hearing the gunshots on social media and a police spokesperson said that they were likely related to an attempted robbery in a cafe. | |
| Berlin Police surrounded buildings in the capital’s city center as part of the operation. "We currently believe the shot was fired in an attempted robbery on a shop in Friedrichstrasse. We have the situation under control,” it said on Twitter. | |
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