Incendiary devices dumped at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin | Regional



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Incendiary devices are already flying at the Robert Koch Institute!

Berlin – Around 2:40 am, a security guard noticed that several strangers were throwing bottles at the facade of the Robert Koch Institute building in General-Pape-Strasse, on the border between Tempelhof and Schöneberg.

A window pane is said to have also been broken. The employee was able to put out the flames. The black soot stains were still visible on the facade on Sunday. No one was injured.

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A security guard was able to put out the fire.

Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa

Since a political motivation in the arson attempt is being examined, state security has taken over the subsequent investigations.

As an authority on infectious diseases, the Robert Koch Institute is significantly involved in coronavirus research. Gives current figures and advises the federal government. The main building of the Robert Koch Institute is located in Berlin-Wedding, in the Tempelhof district, where the arson took place, there is a branch in some parts of a former SA prison.

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