Who Was Hiding in the S-Bahn Tunnels at Potsdamer Platz?
With the Syrian president in town, police were on high alert – but they still didn't catch whoever was lurking in the tunnels.
Tuesday, March 31
With helicopters patrolling overhead and the streets around the Ritz-Carlton hotel at Potsdamer Platz closed to traffic, there was plenty of disruption on Monday to accompany the controversial state visit of Syrian president and former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa (once the leader of al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the al-Nusra Front) to Berlin. But something was also going on beneath the surface.
The individual left the tracks and has to this point not been identified.
Apparently, the police got information that an unknown person had entered the S-Bahn tunnel at around 8.30am, heading along the tracks in the direction of Brandenburger Tor. As soon as they got notified, S-Bahn services were halted and they set to work searching for this mysterious suspect. But to no avail; the individual left the tracks and has to this point not been identified.
It was unclear whether this incident had anything to do with the visit of the Syrian president, but since it occurred near where the foreign dignitary was staying, it put the police on high alert. Delays continued for some time afterwards on the S1, S2, S25 and S26, but have since cleared up.
As to what that individual was doing down in the tunnels around Potsdamer Platz, it remains a mystery.
