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Munich (dpa / lby) - The burning radio mast shone in the dark like a torch: Last year, arsonists set fire to masts and other infrastructure facilities in Munich several times.

There was a total damage of 3.4 million euros.

"The acts are left-wing criminals," said a spokesman for the Munich police headquarters of the German press agency.

Despite corresponding information in the scene, no specific perpetrators could have been identified.

The investigation had therefore been discontinued.

As early as November 2019, a fire in a cell phone transmission tower caused damage of around 250,000 euros.

In 2020, officials recorded five more cases following a similar pattern.

In February, for example, several junction boxes on a radio transmission mast in Unterhaching were damaged by incendiary devices.

In April, strangers set fire to important Deutsche Bahn cables at two S-Bahn stops.

In May, a transmission mast of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation was the target, which partially affected broadcasting operations.

In July, a cell phone mast in Perlach went up in flames in the middle of the night, followed by a series of further damage to distribution boxes and power connection pillars in October.

The mediators suspected a connection between the acts and found clues to the left-wing political camp, but could not identify any specific suspects.

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In general, the total number of crimes in the area of ​​left-wing politically motivated crime rose by almost 55 percent to 584 crimes in the past year.

Most of it was damage to property, especially through graffiti, as can be seen from the Munich police's 2020 security report.

The number of recorded crimes from the right-wing political spectrum rose by 20 percent to 674. According to the report, the increase is almost entirely due to a further increase in right-wing hate crime.

With a view to absolute numbers, the investigators recorded particularly often propaganda offenses and sedition as well as violent crimes.

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Security report 2020