The job center was massively smeared Photo: Spreepicture
By Dirk Boettger
Is this a first taste of May Day?
A rampaging mob moved through Berlin-Mitte on Saturday night. In sight: dozens of vehicles and shops on Seydelstrasse.
Calls for May Day were sprayed Photo: Spreepicture
Around midnight, witnesses alerted the police and fire brigade. Two cars, including a charging electric car, were already on fire.
The fire brigade extinguishes a burning car
The police found damage to dozens of vehicles: shattered windows, chipped exterior mirrors and smeared bodies. The vandals also attacked shops and the local job center.
Window panes were smashed Photo: Spreepicture
Paint pots and stones were thrown at the job center, and other shop windows were smashed with cobblestones and metal bars.
An Antifa sign was spray-painted on a car
Rapid search success: By quickly searching the vicinity of the crime scene and using the police helicopter “Pirol Berlin”, two people were identified who ultimately turned out to be suspects.
Officers from Section 57 and the 14th Einsatzhundred found the two men and searched them. They found magnesium torches, so-called Bengalos.
Two young men were arrested
One of the arrested sits tied up in the patrol car Photo: Spreepicture
Since the perpetrators left several graffiti in Seydelstraße, it is assumed that they are perpetrators from the left-wing scene and that this act was dedicated to the upcoming May 1st.
The police state protection will take over the investigation. There was property damage of several hundred thousand euros.