Overview
- Police say a newly mounted gate with its rotation mechanism was removed between Thursday 18:00 and Friday 08:30 at an entrance on Görlitzer Straße.
- A construction worker discovered the loss Friday morning, and police and site staff searched nearby without finding the stolen parts.
- The Police State Protection unit of the Landeskriminalamt has taken over the case due to suspected political motivation.
- Senate and district officials say construction will proceed toward completion by the end of the year with planned nightly closures.
- The plan includes 16 gates and eight large vandalism‑resistant turnstiles and remains contested by activists, local Greens, and many residents.