https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Arsonists set fire to three cars in the upmarket Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg early on Monday morning, causing damage to a total of 14 vehicles. https://www.thelocal.de/20180514/14-cars-damaged-in-arson-attack-in-wealthy-berlin-neighbourhood Mon, 14 May 2018 18:34:27 +0200 14-cars-damaged-in-arson-attack-in-wealthy-berlin-neighbourhood Islamic groups in Germany Thursday criticised a lack of solidarity and support over a spate of attacks on Muslims and mosques carried out by right-wing extremists and "terrorist" groups. https://www.thelocal.de/20180315/muslim-groups-bemoan-lack-of-public-outcry-over-string-of-mosque-attacks Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:50:50 +0100 muslim-groups-bemoan-lack-of-public-outcry-over-string-of-mosque-attacks Arsonists on Monday struck a Turkish community centre in western Germany, the latest in a string of attacks which Turkey has sometimes blamed on Kurdish militants amid its military offensive in northern Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/arsonists-attack-turkish-mosques-community-centres-across-germany Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:17:20 +0100 arsonists-attack-turkish-mosques-community-centres-across-germany Police arrested two men on Saturday night on suspicion of attempted aggravated assault against a sleeping homeless man. The men have admitted to the crime, saying they did it “for fun.” https://www.thelocal.de/20171113/two-men-arrested-for-arson-attack-on-homeless-man-at-munich-central-station Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:19:33 +0100 two-men-arrested-for-arson-attack-on-homeless-man-at-munich-central-station Just weeks away from the German election, arsonists have set fire to vehicles belonging to a high-profile politician. It was the second case of arson against a politician in the town of Herne this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20170822/arsonists-set-fire-to-two-cars-belonging-to-centre-left-politician Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:06:26 +0200 arsonists-set-fire-to-two-cars-belonging-to-centre-left-politician Late on Sunday evening two people threw an object into a parked car in the German capital. Moments later, the vehicle exploded and had burned out before fire crews could put out the flames. https://www.thelocal.de/20170814/police-investigate-car-bombing-in-south-berlin Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:39:22 +0200 police-investigate-car-bombing-in-south-berlin Police are investigating whether there is an extremist motive behind 13 arson attacks on rail services, which led to delays across the country on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20170619/political-fire-attacks-on-rail-lines-across-germany-cause-delays Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:53:21 +0200 political-fire-attacks-on-rail-lines-across-germany-cause-delays Authorities believe that a series of eight fires which have ripped through forests and fields in eastern Munich over recent weeks were started deliberately. https://www.thelocal.de/20170411/police-hunt-arsonist-after-series-of-fires-flare-up-in-east-of-munich Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:24:54 +0200 police-hunt-arsonist-after-series-of-fires-flare-up-in-east-of-munich A German neo-Nazi was sentenced to eight years jail Thursday for an arson attack on a sports hall that had been designated to house refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20170210/neo-nazi-given-8-years-jail-for-torching-refugee-shelter Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:21:58 +0100 neo-nazi-given-8-years-jail-for-torching-refugee-shelter After dozens of people were injured in a fire at a refugee home near Paderborn, western Germany, five residents of the home have been arrested. https://www.thelocal.de/20170106/five-arrests-made-after-arson-at-refugee-home Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:32:31 +0100 five-arrests-made-after-arson-at-refugee-home Unknown assailants set fire to 18 cars at Magdeburg station early on Thursday morning, causing three quarters of a million euros worth of damage. https://www.thelocal.de/20160908/seven-police-cars-set-on-fire-at-magdeburg-train-station Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:21:10 +0200 seven-police-cars-set-on-fire-at-magdeburg-train-station Politically related car arsons in Berlin have dramatically increased in 2016 and have already overtaken last year’s numbers. https://www.thelocal.de/20160819/number-of-car-arsons-in-berlin-explodes-in-2016 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:19:07 +0200 number-of-car-arsons-in-berlin-explodes-in-2016 A fire broke out at refugee accommodations made of shipping containers in a district in the far north of the capital early on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20160808/arson-suspected-at-berlin-refugee-home-blaze Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:49:44 +0200 arson-suspected-at-berlin-refugee-home-blaze A total of 17 cars were damaged by arson attacks in the early hours of Monday morning. Police believe far-left extremists are responsible for at least two of the fires. https://www.thelocal.de/20160718/far-left-extremists-burn-cars-in-berlin Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:03:25 +0200 far-left-extremists-burn-cars-in-berlin An entire 5,000 square-metre refugee home in Düsseldorf went up in flames while 130 people were inside on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160607/130-refugees-rescued-as-home-goes-up-in-flames Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:12:50 +0200 130-refugees-rescued-as-home-goes-up-in-flames German authorities on Saturday reported an increase in the number of arson fires at shelters for refugees who flooded Germany last year, raising concerns about anti-migrant violence. https://www.thelocal.de/20160514/increase-in-arson-at-german-refugee-centres-police Sat, 14 May 2016 18:24:08 +0200 increase-in-arson-at-german-refugee-centres-police A large temporary refugee home in western Germany was completely burned down on Monday night, but a prompt evacuation allowed all the inhabitants to escape unharmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160510/dozens-saved-as-huge-refugee-home-burns-to-ground Tue, 10 May 2016 10:20:01 +0200 dozens-saved-as-huge-refugee-home-burns-to-ground A Syrian refugee has confessed to setting light to a hotel in Rhineland-Palatinate where he was staying and spraying swastikas on the walls to make it look like a political crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20160411/refugee-admits-to-swastika-arson-attack Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:36:25 +0200 refugee-admits-to-swastika-arson-attack Six people suffered from smoke inhalation injuries early on Thursday morning after unknown attackers set fire to a hotel in Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate. https://www.thelocal.de/20160407/six-hurt-in-anti-refugee-hotel-arson-attack Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:49:40 +0200 six-hurt-in-anti-refugee-hotel-arson-attack Four firemen have been convicted of arson in northern Germany after it emerged that they were regularly setting fires so they could heroically extinguish them. https://www.thelocal.de/20151222/firefighters-set-fires-to-look-like-heroes Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:33:51 +0100 firefighters-set-fires-to-look-like-heroes