Eight police cars were set on fire in Munich on Wednesday morning. The incident took place shortly before the G7 summit in Elmau, Bavaria. The police first searched for the perpetrators with a helicopter – without success.
Shortly before the G7 summit, eight police cars went up in flames in Munich. The team buses of the federal riot police were all in front of a hotel in the early Wednesday morning, in which the emergency services for the G7 summit were housed, as a spokesman for the Munich police said to the German Press Agency. Investigators suspected arson.
Shortly after becoming known, the police searched for possible perpetrators with a helicopter, among other things, but were initially unsuccessful, as the spokesman said. Investigators examined the completely burned-out police van. The officials estimated the damage in the six-digit range. Nobody got hurt.
The G7 summit is scheduled for June 26-28 at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The heads of state and government of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada will meet under the leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
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