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Six Arrested After Pro-Palestine Banner Hung on Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate

Police describe illegal lift use, with a state-security review considered.

Overview

  • Three activists climbed the monument and displayed a banner reading “Nie wieder Völkermord – Freiheit für Palästina” alongside a Palestinian flag.
  • Police and fire units deployed heights-rescue specialists to bring the climbers down, with roughly 75 personnel involved.
  • All six suspects were detained, including the three on the monument and three who operated the hydraulic lift.
  • Authorities say the lift was used illegally, with a police spokesman indicating it was driven from the Platz des 18. März to the site.
  • Officials have not provided information on motives or nationalities; state security is not currently investigating, though a review is viewed as possible, and one outlet reported flares and chanting at the scene.