Arson attacks have been carried out on the state registration authorities in Braunschweig and in the Hanover region.
A letter of confession was published.
The state registration authorities in Braunschweig and Langenhagen (Lower Saxony) were informed on Saturday, January 9th, 2021.
Ten public transport vehicles were completely destroyed by fire.
In a letter of confession, left-wing extremists confess to the attack.
Hanover / Braunschweig - During an arson attack on Saturday, January 9th, 2021, ten transport vehicles were set on fire at the state registration authority in Braunschweig and completely destroyed.
Other incendiary devices that were attached to the building of the state registration authority in Hanover-Langenhagen did not ignite.
The Interior Minister of Lower Saxony Boris Pistorius (SPD) has sharply condemned the presumably left-wing extremist arson attacks.
"We are seeing a strong radicalization of the scene in Lower Saxony, which is developing into a terrorist structure," said the politician on Saturday in Hanover.
Attack in Braunschweig and Langenhagen: Pistorius condemns perpetrators
The Interior Ministry announced that a letter of confession had been published on a left-wing extremist website.
The State Criminal Police Office will take over the investigations, which were in full swing.
The damage caused by the attack in Braunschweig amounts to around half a million euros.
Pistorius said he was shocked and upset by the extent of the attacks and the ruthlessness of these perpetrators.
"Nobody in Germany has the right to ruthlessly and with sheer force to implement their own political goals." This is an attack on the rule of law, its institutions and its representatives.
In particular, he was thinking of the employees of the state registration authority, who were understandably shocked and insecure after these acts.
(Thomas Kopietz / epd)
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