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Six Detained After Pro-Palestine Banner Unfurled Atop Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate

Police deployed height-rescue specialists with the fire service to clear the landmark after activists reached it using a cherry picker.

Overview

  • Three activists accessed the Brandenburg Gate via a lifting platform and displayed a banner reading "Nie wieder Völkermord – Freiheit für Palästina."
  • Specialist height-rescue officers removed the individuals from the top in coordination with the Berlin fire department.
  • Police detained three additional people who had driven the cherry picker onto Platz des 18. März.
  • Authorities reported that the three removed from the monument included two women and one man, according to local reporting.
  • The area was secured after the operation, and police stated the intervention followed an on-site assessment of the situation.