An arson attack was carried out on the International German-Russian Lomonossow School in Berlin-Marzahn on Friday morning. The state security agency responsible for political crimes at the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) has taken over the investigation. “We assume an intentional act and a connection to the war in Ukraine,” said a police spokesman on Friday.
A passer-by noticed smoke around 3:20 a.m. Accordingly, there was a fire in the entrance area of the school gym. The fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire. According to the fire brigade, objects placed in the entrance area of the hall on Cosmonauts’ Alley caught fire. Nobody got hurt. According to an initial assessment, however, the structure of the gymnasium could be affected by the fire.
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As the “BZ” reports, the perpetrators are said to have been captured by several surveillance cameras when they set a fire in the entrance area of the private school. The Lomonossow School wants to promote the integration of families with children who come from the former Soviet Union and live in Berlin. In Berlin it was opened in 2006 as a German-Russian elementary school.
Today, according to its own statements, it has three school buildings in Berlin with around 600 students and 100 teachers in primary school, secondary level I and secondary level II. In addition, students are allowed to take their Abitur there.
