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Car in Berlin Hits German Chancellery Gates Outside Merkel's Office
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1:29Now PlayingA car crashed into the front gate of the building housing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices on Wednesday morning, but the incident appeared to have caused little damage, Berlin police said.
Officers were on the scene investigating the crash at the German chancellery. Police tweeted that the 54-year-old driver was arrested, but didn't give any further details on the man.
Police spokesman Thilo Kalbitz said that he drove at a very low speed, causing only minor damage to the gate and the vehicle.
"The people in the building, including the chancellor, were safe at all times, there was no danger," Kalbitz added.
Rescue crews on the scene confirmed the man driving the car was being treated in an ambulance that remained in front of the chancellery.
The car, a Volkswagen station wagon, had the slogan “You damned murderers of children and old people” scrawled in white paint on one side. On the other it said “stop the globalization policy.”
The driver's motivation is being investigated and "whether it was psychologically triggered, or a different cause is subject of the investigations," Kalbitz said.
The car had license plates from the Lippe area in western Germany and was driven away by the Berlin fire department showing little sign of damage beyond a few scratches.
The metal gate to the chancellery appeared slightly bent.
The chancellery sits in downtown Berlin next to the Swiss Embassy and across from the capital's parliamentary offices. The exterior gate that was hit, which is next to a security office outside the main building, can be accessed from public streets.
There was no immediate indication of what prompted the incident, but it came on the day that Merkel was to meet with state governors to talk about extending a partial coronavirus shutdown that started on Nov. 2.
Merkel’s office had no immediate comment on the incident.
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