A man denied entry into the Berlin nightclub Sisyphos appears to have taken rather drastic revenge by driving a car into the venue.
Not all the details are known yet, but Berliner Zeitung is reporting that the suspect is thought to have been rejected entry into the club at around 5:50am on Sunday morning (8 September). Two security guards, aged 26 and 41, are said to have turned him away, and he left peacefully thereafter.
However, he’s then thought to have returned to the techno club in a rented Audi car before “deliberately” driving into the club’s gated entry. According to the newspaper, he attempted this twice.
It’s thought that both security guards were targeted as the suspect drove in the direction of both, but neither were injured as both were able to move out of the way. The man is then thought to have driven into the nightclub’s wall, reversed into the gate, and then driven off towards Ostkreuz, one of the city’s busiest train stations.
While no action has been taken at the time of writing, police have launched an investigation and are searching for the suspect.
Sisyphos is one of the most important clubs in Berlin, and is hosted inside a former dog biscuit factory near the River Spree in the borough of Treptow. It opens non-stop from Friday night to Monday morning for weekend-long parties, and like many clubs in the city, it can be difficult to get into.
Meanwhile, techno in Berlin was officially added to the UNESCO cultural heritage list in March. Clubcommission, a network of techno clubs and musicians in the city, called it “another milestone for Berlin techno producers, artists, club operators and event organisers”. And last year, Berlin announced a €947 million culture fund to support new clubs and cultural spaces.
