The Berlin police have offered a reward of 1,000 euros for information that leads to the investigation or investigation of the perpetrators after the series of fires in the Spandau housing estate Heerstraße Nord.
According to the police, there has been an accumulation of fires in Staaken and Wilhelmstadt since April 2021. On February 19th and 21st and on March 4th, 2022 there were again basement fires in the Blasewitzer Ring.
The police now count 75 acts in the long series of arson attacks in Berlin-Spandau. The police and fire brigade are massive with teams on site. There is a mobile police station, police patrols, prevention teams and undercover investigators, said Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) on Thursday in the House of Representatives. Posters have been put up, the police are talking to the residents. The residents are now very anxious, said Spranger.
She criticized the housing associations because there was rubbish in many houses and security guards were not present. You have approached the housing companies and asked them to improve conditions and make them safer. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet.
The police arrested a suspected 16-year-old on January 13, Spranger said. But there are numerous copycats. Since autumn 2021, fires have repeatedly been set in cellars in Spandau.
Police are asking for information
A woman was injured in a basement fire on March 5 in a high-rise building in Wilhelmstadt and suffered from smoke inhalation. The fire brigade extinguished the flames and brought eight people and a cat to safety.
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The district investigation group of the State Criminal Police Office has been set up at the State Criminal Police Office (LKA). Investigators are asking for information from the public.
It is about whether witnesses have observed anything unusual. The “Quartier” investigative group at the LKA in Keithstraße 30 receives tips on telephone number (030) 4664-912112 or by e-mail. Tips can also be given via the internet police station and at any police station. (dpa,Tsp)
