(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 25 NOV - German police said Wednesday
they have detained a man who drove a car into the gate of the
German chancellery in central Berlin on Wednesday, in what
appeared to be a protest. "The car stands at the gate. We are
looking at whether he knowingly steered it there," a police
spokeswoman told AFP, adding that it was unclear whether there
had been any damage. "Stop globalisation politics" was painted
on one side of the dark green Volkswagen while on the driver's
side, "you damned children- and old-people murderers" was
scrawled. The vehicle, which did not look damaged, touched the
gates where concrete slates were raised as an additional
security precaution preventing any vehicles from forcing their
way into the site of Chancellor Angela Merkel's office. German
media reported that the same vehicle had sought to drive into
the security perimeter in 2014, in what then appeared to be a
protest against global warming. The car then bore the slogan
"stop climate change which is killing people". A 48-year-old man
was taken into custody over that incident. (ANSA-AFP).
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