The Berlin police conducted an investigation that took place the day before in a residential building where Russian media correspondents and their families live. As the Berliner Zeitung reported on Friday, May 6, a suspicious object was found in the light shaft, which, presumably, could be detected by an explosive court. His research by experts continues.
Law enforcement officers because of a bottle thrown into the building. After that, a search was carried out in the house, as a result of which a suspicious find was discovered. “Whether she posed a danger or not, or was it just someone’s cruel joke, we can’t say yet,” police spokesman Tilo Kalbitz (Thilo Kablitz) told reporters in hot pursuit. He also did not answer the question: whether there was a meeting with the aggressive war of Russia against Ukraine.
AT mixed press release the Berlin police and prosecutor’s office are informed that the find was allegedly an incendiary investigation. The final conclusion about her real danger and the motives for what happened was made by the police and prosecutors after a thorough investigation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation announced a terrorist attack
The Russian Foreign Ministry recalled the incident as an attempted terrorist attack “against Russian media correspondents in Berlin.” Relevant statements The press service of the Russian department was published on May 7. The Moscow government “consumes protective equipment for Russian journalists and families on their territory from the authorities of Germany and other EU countries and the United States.”
In its turn comments of the visit of the Russian Federation to GermanyIt happened that “on May 6, 2022, a probable attempt was made in Berlin to take action against Russian journalists and representatives of their families located on the territory of a residential complex belonging to the Russian Federation.”
Arriving German medical officers urgently evacuated the residents, cordoned off the complex and called the fire department and sappers. It has recently been confirmed that the item is believed to be an improvised explosive explosion.”
“Due to the danger of its movement, it was decided to deactivate it on the spot.
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