Overview

• Police arrested five suspects after paint bags and smoke bombs were used, windows were smashed, and parts of the building were entered at Elbit’s Ulm facility.
• State security and the Landeskriminalamt’s Anti-Terrorism Center are leading the case and examining possible links to earlier incidents at the site.
• Officials reported graffiti with political content and estimated preliminary damage in the low six figures, with no injuries and no resistance during the arrests.
• Elbit’s Ulm subsidiary develops military communications equipment, including radios for the Bundeswehr, and the location has faced repeated protests and blockades this year.
• Israel’s ambassador Ron Prosor condemned the incident on X as a terrorist act and described the perpetrators as supporters of Hamas.