Emergency services were alerted shortly before 12 p.m. local time. The attack began inside a supermarket and then moved outside onto the sidewalk.
Several passers-by intervened to overpower the attacker until the police arrived. The suspect is said to have stabbed wildly.
Initial findings suggest that the suspect may have signs of mental illness, with no indication of a terrorist motivation detected.
An attempted murder investigation has been initiated and has been taken over by a homicide squad from the Berlin State Criminal Police Office.
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