A man who had reportedly been armed with a machete has been beaten to death by men with baseball bats in a Berlin district in Germany.

The deadly dispute happened in Reinickendorf, with the victim starting a fight with a craftsman and even threatening him with a machete, according to the German national newspaper BILD. On Wednesday at 8.07am, emergency services were called to the scene of a seriously injured person on Walliser Straß. Despite their best efforts to save the victim he succumbed to his injuries. Police cordoned off the crime scene, with investigators questioning possible witnesses. A murder squad was also alerted. Five men were arrested, according to information from the public prosecutor's office cited by BILD. According to the public prosecutor's office, five men were arrested. According to BILD information.

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