Unidentified attackers attack the "Robert Koch" institute in Berlin

Today, the German police announced that unknown assailants attacked the building of the German "Robert Koch" Institute in the capital, Berlin.

This morning, investigators reported that incendiary materials were thrown Saturday / Sunday night at the institute's façade, but no one was injured as a result.

The police report stated that security personnel (at the institute) discovered several people around 2:40 pm (local time), explaining: “It is reported that one of the windows was broken. But the workers managed to put out the fire.”

The police added that the suspects fled, and explained: "Given that a political motive is being examined in an attempt to set off an arson attack, the State Security of the Local Crime Prevention Authority (Berlin) undertook the upcoming investigations."

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