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Election posters vandalized and burned in Berlin
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Election posters vandalized and burned in Berlin

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Official statement Context piece
  • Unknown individuals damaged and burned election posters in Berlin overnight.
  • Police are investigating the incidents, which occurred in Reinickendorf and Schöneberg.
  • The state security service is handling the cases due to suspected political motives.

Berlin authorities are investigating multiple instances of vandalism targeting election posters across the city. In the early hours of Saturday, unknown perpetrators damaged and set fire to campaign materials, prompting a police response.

The incidents began late Friday evening in Reinickendorf, where two large posters from the CDU and SPD parties were defaced with spray paint. Police reported that the word "Nazi" and the number combination "161" were sprayed onto both posters.

Nazi

— Police spokespersonDescribing the word sprayed onto election posters.

Further vandalism was reported Saturday morning in Schöneberg. A resident observed two CDU posters being torn from a lamppost and damaged. Later, election posters on Kulmer Strasse in Schöneberg were found burned, rendering their original party affiliation unrecognizable. The plastic posters were completely consumed by fire.

In all cases, the police's state security service has taken over the investigation, citing the politically motivated nature of the attacks.

161

— Police spokespersonDescribing the number combination sprayed onto election posters.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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