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Repeat Explosion Damages Vehicles at Berlin Auto Workshop

The LKA specialist explosives unit has taken over an active on-site probe that officials say raises concerns about a growing willingness by criminals to use firearms and explosive devices.

Overview

  • An unknown person threw an object over a workshop fence that detonated and damaged seven vehicles on the site, according to police and witness reports.
  • This is the second attack at the same company in days after a late-June blast that heavily damaged 14 vehicles and the workshop building.
  • The Landeskriminalamt's specialist explosives unit is leading the investigation and forensic teams are scheduled to process the scene at daylight.
  • Police have not named suspects or motives and are asking witnesses to come forward as no arrests have been reported.
  • The police union warned the incidents reflect a wider rise in use of firearms and explosives in crime and expressed concern about possible flows of weapons from the Ukraine region, an assertion not independently confirmed.