Overview

• Officers entered at 6 a.m. using rams, saws and technical teams to force open heavily barricaded doors and searched 13 apartments without encountering resistance.
• Police recorded the identities of 26 people found inside and allowed them to remain in the building following the operation.
• Roughly 700 officers were deployed across the city to deter potential offenses and to secure locations including the courts and the owner’s offices.
• The warrants were issued by the Amtsgericht Tiergarten after a request tied to the owner’s eviction cases, with judges seeking updated information on who currently lives there.
• Authorities are probing the recent vandalism of an office linked to the majority British owner as suspected intimidation, and later in the day officers reported rooftop fireworks in the area that caused no injuries.