Berlin Cement Trucks Torched in Suspected Left-Wing Extremist Attacks

Sixteen vehicles and equipment from two Berlin concrete firms were set ablaze, with a group claiming responsibility in an online statement citing environmental and anti-colonial motives.

• Sixteen vehicles and a conveyor belt belonging to Cemex and HeidelbergMaterials were destroyed at two Berlin sites in Marzahn-Hellersdorf and Lichtenberg on Monday night.
• A left-wing extremist group claimed responsibility in a statement posted on a radical website, accusing the companies of environmental destruction and neo-colonial practices.
• The attacks are part of a broader pattern of politically motivated arson targeting industrial and infrastructure facilities in Berlin and surrounding areas in recent years.
• Authorities are investigating the incident as arson with a political motive, with the state security division of the Berlin police leading the inquiry.
• Similar attacks occurred in December 2023, where vehicles, silos, and a building of another concrete firm in Berlin were set on fire, also accompanied by a left-wing extremist claim of responsibility.

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