Left-wing extremists set fire to Telekom vehicles in Berlin over arms industry comments

Left-wing extremists set fire to six Deutsche Telekom vehicles in Berlin overnight, with the perpetrators claiming responsibility in a statement released on a far-left extremist internet platform. The attack was motivated by recent comments made by Telekom CEO Tim Höttges, who described the arms industry as an "interesting business area" for the company.

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the arms industry as an 'interesting business area' for the company.

The attackers stated that Telekom's plans to collaborate with the defense company Rheinmetall on developing an anti-drone system were the trigger for their action. They declared their intention to target such projects. The anonymous group also voiced solidarity with the "Palestine Action Germany" organization, which carried out a sabotage operation against an Israeli defense firm's facility in Ulm in September 2025.

Firefighters were alerted by a witness and extinguished the flames. No injuries have been reported. The police have launched an investigation into the incident, treating it as arson with a potential anti-state motive.

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we want to attack such projects.

The Berlin Police Union strongly condemned the attack. Spokesperson Benjamin Jendro criticized the perpetrators on social media, calling their justification a "senseless nonsense" concocted by "apocalypse conspirators."

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Precisely after waking up, the apocalypse conspirators have once again cobbled together a pamphlet on the well-known extremist platform to justify this senseless nonsense.