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.