By Matthew Becker
Extreme tension before one of the most explosive processes of the year! The district court in Tiergarten has to sit behind bulletproof glass on Monday. Defenders are under armed police protection – for fear of attacks by the militant left-wing scene.
Listeners and journalists have to undergo a body search. Your ID will be copied and all electronic devices must be handed in at the security gate.
► The extraordinary reason for the highest security level is the arson attack on the left-wing politician Ferat Kocak. In the meantime, the judiciary can no longer rule out an assassination attempt.
The politician’s Smart burned out completely. Another car was also destroyed Photo: Joerg Bergmann
The background
Five men (35 to 50 years old) who are said to belong to the right-wing extremist neo-Nazi scene have been charged in the Tiergarten district court. It’s about illegal posting of right-wing extremist slogans (“Antifa Hurensohn”, “Headshot”, “Antifa Bastard” etc.), social benefit fraud and fraud with Corona emergency aid.
But the core of the charges are two arson attacks on cars. One belonged to the well-known left-wing politician Ferat Kocak.
The assassination
On February 1, 2018 at 2:55 a.m., the politician on Klettenweg in Neukölln was woken up by an explosion and a fire. The flames destroyed a Mercedes and threatened to spread to his parents’ house and a gas line in the carport. But Ferat Kocak was able to prevent that.
people in court
The investigations
The state security took over the investigations. But nothing happened for months. Two senior prosecutors were relieved and forcibly transferred.
Only when the Attorney General’s Office took over the complex were the alleged perpetrators convicted and charged.
The main defendants Sebastian T. (35, left) and Tilo P. (39) are said to be responsible for the Neukölln series of attacks Photo: Olaf Wagner
► The main defendants Sebastian T. (35, ex-district chairman of the NPD, multiple convictions for physical injuries, martial artists) and Tilo P. (39, professional driver, party member of the AfD, no criminal record) are said to be responsible for more than 70 other arson attacks in Neukölln be responsible, according to the LKA Berlin.
Explosive: Shortly before the trial began, a letter claiming responsibility for the arson attack on Kocak appeared. Read with BILDplus what’s behind it!
