A car drove into the gate of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.
The dark station wagon was labeled with political messages.
A car drove into the gate of the Federal Chancellery on Wednesday morning.
The blue station wagon had messages written on the sides.
The background is so far unclear.
Update from November 25, 3:46 p.m.:
According to
new
dpa
information, the
man had
a wheelchair with him in the incident,
but could also walk
.
The wheelchair was probably in the
dark green golf wagon,
with
License plate from the Lippe district in
North Rhine-Westphalia
, with which he drove towards the gate of the Chancellery.
The
police do not want to commit to
one
motive
.
One can only speculate "whether it was a
symbolic act
or should
attract
attention".
The driver spoke to the police on Wednesday.
In terms of content, however, nothing was revealed.
The police spokesman said that he would be interrogated, then it would be decided how to proceed with him.
Nobody expects
an
attack
anymore.
Assumption confirmed: The same man drove against the gate of the Chancellery in 2014
Update from November 25, 2:18 p.m.:
The man who
rammed
the
gate of the Chancellery
with his car in the morning
is apparently a
wheelchair user
.
An
eyewitness
reported this
to the
mirror.
In the meantime, the assumption has been confirmed that the same man was
responsible for a similar action
in
2014
.
The spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Steve Alter, confirmed that "the perpetrator is known from a similar incident in 2014".
According to the police, the background was initially unclear.
A spokesman said whether it was a "
mental state
or
another motive
" is still being clarified.
Car rams the gate of Merkel's Chancellery: No danger to the people in the building
Update from November 25, 1.30 p.m.:
The incident on Wednesday morning occurred
during an ongoing meeting of
the Federal Cabinet.
This usually meets on Wednesday mornings in the Chancellery.
The police cordoned off the area after the incident.
The federal police said on Twitter that there was no
danger
to the people in the building at any time.
The
security measures
on site have proven themselves, it is said.
The security measures at the #Kanzleramt have proven their worth.
For the #Bundes chancellor, the other members of the federal government & the employees in the Chancellery there was never a risk.
The @polizeiberlin has taken over the investigation.
@RegSsprecher https://t.co/GhgdMKByRf
- Federal Police Berlin (@bpol_b) November 25, 2020
Car incident in front of Merkel's Chancellery: Police give first details about the driver
Update from November 25th, 12:34 p.m
.: The driver who
rammed
his car into the
gate of the Federal Chancellery
in Berlin is a
54-year-old man
.
The Berlin police tweeted this on Wednesday.
The man drove a vehicle against the gate shortly after 10 a.m.
"Both the gate and the vehicle are slightly damaged," it continues.
From security circles it was said that the vehicle had "
rolled
at
slow speed
against the gate of the Federal Chancellery".
Initially, a greater speed was assumed.
According to a report by a dpa photographer, a person is said to have been
slightly injured
and treated in the ambulance.
The ambulance did not leave until around noon.
The police say they are investigating in all directions.
Car hits the gate of the Federal Chancellery: Was it a political motive?
First report from November 25th:
Berlin - A dark station wagon
drove
into the
gate of the Federal Chancellery
in Berlin
on Wednesday morning
.
A police spokeswoman for the
German press agency
said
.
The background is unclear.
Initially, nothing is
known of the
injured
.
A
political motive is possible
, because on the car it says in white lettering: "You damned murderers of children and old people".
On the other hand one reads: "Stop the globalization policy".
This can be seen in photos of the scene of the accident.
The car must also
have crashed into the gate
at
some speed
, because it is also visible that some of the fence posts from
Merkel's
* Chancellery are bent.
+
Political messages were written on the car.
© Michael Kappeler / dpa
Attack on Merkel's Chancellery in Berlin?
Perpetrator caught
According to
picture
information, the
police and rescue workers have
already
arrived
shortly after the incident
.
The police have the driver of the car
was arrested
as she announced on Twitter.
The car is at the gate of the building.
“We are currently clarifying whether the driver has counteracted this.” The driver is probably an older man.
Our college is currently.
together with @bpol_b at the #Bundeskanzleramt in action.
There is a car at the gate of the building - we are currently clarifying whether the driver has steered it against it.
He was taken into police custody.
More information will follow.
^ tsm
- Police Berlin (@polizeiberlin) November 25, 2020
The incident occurs shortly before the
Chancellor's
next
Corona summit
with the state premiers.
In the past few months there have been repeated protests against the
corona policy of
the German government under
Angela Merkel
*.
Some of these were also violent.
Angela Merkel: Car crashes into the gate of the Chancellery in Berlin - in 2014 there was a similar incident
The events on Wednesday are reminiscent of a
similar incident in 2014
.
At that time, a very similar-looking car also made it to the gates of the Federal Chancellery, as
Spiegel
and
Bild
report.
Even then,
messages
were probably written in white on the pages
.
"No more human-killing
climate change,
" was the sentence on one side.
On the other was a
declaration of love
: "Nicole, I love you".
It is possible that it is the
same vehicle
, but this cannot be considered secured.
The then 48-year-old driver was uninjured in 2014 and was questioned by the police.
(mam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.
List of rubric lists: © Michael Kappeler / dpa