Nigerian
embassy in Berlin
attacked
Berlin-The Nigerian Embassy in Berlin was attacked with paint bombs on Wednesday
night by unknown persons, the police have said.
According to police
spokesman, unknown attackers threw glass bottles filled with a thick and sticky
liquid at the front of the building in Neue Jakobstraße, (The name of the
street where the embassy is situated).
The spokesman said the
police have handed over the investigation of the incident to state security
authorities, adding that political motive may not be ruled out in the attack.
The police said
security workers noticed the damage to the building on Thursday morning.
The spokesman said
that on Monday, 120 activists, members of the “Refugee Protest March in Berlin campaign” gathered in front of the Nigerian
Embassy to demonstrate against the practice of deporting asylum seekers from Germany.
According to him, 14
of the activists illegally entered to the embassy, in order to “occupy'' it as
part of the protest march.
He explained that
those who entered the premises were later ejected by security officials while
25 of the protesters were temporarily detained and later released.
The spokesman stated
that the demonstrators accused the embassy workers of “working closely with the
German state to ensure that the processing of the largest number of
deportations from Africa came from Nigeria''.
He emphasised that his
agency would, however, investigate if there was a connection between the
attempted occupation of the embassy on Monday and the recent paint attack on
Wednesday night to the early hours of Thursday. (NAN)
VANGUARD
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