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He drove a car against the closed main door of the chancellery in Berlin on Wednesday.
The driver of the car was arrested. They are investigating whether he deliberately led him to the fence around the office building. There were no personal injuries and the car and door were damaged, police in the German capital said.
Several members of the German government were present in the building at the time of the incident. In this regard, the police stressed that Chancellor Angela Merkel, members of her government and office staff were not in danger for a moment.
According to a report by Bild, there may have been a politically motivated attack. This is indicated by
on one side of the car the “Damn murderers of children and the elderly“And on the other side the words”Down with the politics of globalization!”.
Police escort a man who drove his car to the gates of the Berlin Chancellery on November 25, 2020. Photo: MTI / EPA
According to the newspaper, the same dark Volkswagen pickup was also brought to the front door of his chancery office in 2014. Then, to the side of the “Down with the killer climate change!In the other one,I love you Nicole“It was inscribed with the same letters as the messages on Wednesday.
In the 2014 case, the car drove him to the fence at low speed, there were no injuries and the 48-year-old driver was detained.
Six years later, on Wednesday, a six-year-old man, 54, was detained, according to police. The state defense department of the Berlin Provincial Criminal Office has launched an investigation into his case.
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