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Brandenburg Gate Defaced With Orange Paint as Berlin Police Open Probe

State security has been notified of the case.

Overview

  • A police security guard discovered the markings at around 11:45 p.m. local time in the night to Friday.
  • Inscriptions included the abbreviations "BRD" and "DDR," a euro symbol, and a pattern of eight circles with a single dot.
  • Police described the paint as orange.
  • An investigation for communal property damage is underway, and no suspects or motive have been identified.
  • Police indicated a link to the recent red paint on the Foreign Office building is considered unlikely.