Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Again firebombs found on railway tracks

Are on railway lines in Berlin again incendiary devices were discovered. Railway workers were in route inspections in the district Staaken in the west of the city and the district of Schöneberg in the south in the morning several incendiary devices, a police spokesman confirmed. The rail traffic on the routes concerned were suspended.

One of the firebombs had been burned. "Is not yet known when this was burned," said the spokesman. The State Criminal Police Office took over the investigation first. In the meantime, turned on the Attorney General. The Federal Criminal Police Office is charged with the further investigation, said a spokesman for the Attorney General. There was a suspicion of "anti-constitutional sabotage and other crimes."

The German Railways offered a reward of 100,000 euros for information on the perpetrators. Going on granting and distribution of rewards according to the importance of evidence decided the company said. Excluded are civil servants who are professionally obligated to prosecute criminal acts.

So far one has claimed responsibility for the attacks

On Monday, the unknown had on the route Berlin-Hamburg, near the train station Finkenkrug Havelland a cable tray set on fire and destroyed by signal cables. To the attack, a left-wing grouping known. In a letter published on the Internet claiming responsibility said, will protest the attack on the deployment of the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan.

In addition, on Monday in the vicinity of Berlin's main railway station, a fire set discovered in a transformer building, but not lit. On Tuesday, railway workers found on the web site in Berlin-Treptow incendiary and alerted the police. The police believe that all were deposited simultaneously and be discovered little by little since then.

Delays in rail traffic

The train services between Berlin and Hamburg-Berlin-Hannover as well as numerous regional railway lines in the capital were severely compromised as a result of the findings. It also came on today to cancellations and delays. The police did not rule out that there are other undiscovered incendiary.

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