Berlin Nights Ablaze with Car Fires

August 18, 2011 from Euronews

The authorities in the German capital Berlin are becoming concerned by an upswing in the number of overnight arson attacks on cars. Between Monday night and the early hours of Thursday morning nearly 40 vehicles were set alight. In the past some attacks on luxury cars and big four wheel drives in Berlin and Hamburg have been blamed on left wing extremists. The police said they are not sure if the latest torchings are politically motivated or just straight vandalism.

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Luxury vehicle

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Arson

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Left-wing politics

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Germany

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