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Police Identify Teen Suspects in Saalfeld Incendiary Attacks and Swastika Graffiti

Authorities say the devices failed to ignite, yet the case is being pursued as attempted arson linked to politically motivated vandalism.

Nach einer Attacke mit einem Brandsatz und Hakenkreuzschmierereien an Gebäuden im thüringischen Saalfeld sind mehrere teils jugendliche Tatverdächtige ermittelt worden. Sie sind zwischen 15 und 19 Jahre alt und teilweise schon polizeibekannt.

Overview

  • Three suspects aged 15 to 19 were identified, questioned, and released after police measures, according to local police and prosecutors.
  • Incidents occurred during the night to Thursday, with thrown incendiary devices damaging façades but causing no fires.
  • An incendiary device was hurled at the alternative cultural center Am Schlossberg, and swastika graffiti appeared at the Saalfelder Klubhaus and other scene‑typical sites.
  • Investigators are probing attempted arson and multiple politically motivated property damage, conducting searches, securing forensic traces, and interviewing witnesses.
  • Officials consider a connection between the incendiary attacks and the extremist graffiti likely, while the total damage remains undetermined.