Arson attack

An arson attack is a special case of arson . Arson attacks are often politically motivated .

A car after an arson attack

As a rule, the attack is aimed at a building, a vehicle or a public facility using incendiary devices or incendiary devices. The goal of the perpetrators is often to achieve the greatest possible damage through sustained exposure to fire. In some cases, damage to neighboring buildings or even injury or death to people present is accepted or intended.

In the case of politically motivated arson attacks, the intent of the perpetrator (s) is usually to draw the public's attention to a certain socially relevant topic in conjunction with a letter of responsibility . The will to destroy the victims and the criminal energy of the perpetrators can also play a role in arson attacks (see Mölln arson attack , riots in Rostock-Lichtenhagen , Solingen arson attack and hostile attacks in the Federal Republic of Germany ).

In the case of spontaneous acts, Molotov cocktails that can be produced quickly are often used as fire-causing agents . In the case of planned acts, unconventional explosive devices and incendiary devices with a delayed ignition point (e.g. alarm clock, chemical ignition) are used in order to give the perpetrators time to escape. These self-made incendiary devices can have an elaborate structure using electronic components, but can also be produced with the simplest of means. Corresponding building instructions are circulating on the Internet or in underground publications such as the radical .

Arson attacks with high media interest

• 1968: Department store arson on April 2nd, 1968
• 1969 arson attack on al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
• 1978: Cinema Rex arson attack in Abandan (Iran)
• 1982: Arson attack on the Pilatus aircraft factory in Stans (Switzerland)
• 1988: Schwandorf arson attack
• 1991: Hünxe arson attack
• 1991: Riots in Hoyerswerda
• 1992: Riots in Rostock-Lichtenhagen
• 1992: Dolgenbrodt arson attack
• 1992: Mölln arson attack
• 1993: Solingen arson attack
• 1993: Sivas arson attack
• 1995: Arson attack on the makeshift prayer house of the Fatih Mosque (Essen)
• 1996: Lübeck arson attack
• 2003–2005: 3 arson attacks on the Malmö mosque
• 2006: Arson attack on René Stadtkewitz's house
• 2010: Arson attacks on the Şehitlik Mosque in Berlin
• 2011: Arson attacks on motor vehicles in Berlin
• 2009 to 2013: neo-Nazi arson attack series in Berlin
• 2011: Arson attack on the Wilmersdorf mosque in Berlin
• 2014: Arson in the Mevlana Mosque in Berlin
• 2014/2015: Arson attack series of the "German Resistance Movement"
• 2015: Xenophobic protests in Freital
• 2015: Xenophobic riots in Heidenau
• since 2016 neo-Nazi arson attack series in Berlin Neukölln
• 2018: Arson attack on the Koca Sinan Mosque in Berlin-Reinickendorf

See also

• Arson , arson (Germany)
• Letter bomb
• Explosives attack , list of explosives attacks

Individual evidence

1. ↑ And again Neukölln , from Sven Kames magazine " derrechte rand " issue 166 - May 2017
2. ^ Neo-Nazis apparently take revenge with arson attacks , Die Welt June 28, 2011
3. ↑ * Arson attack series of the German resistance movement
   • "German Resistance Movement" Suspect arrested after arson attack on Chancellery , by Sven Röbel and Maik Baumgärtner, Der Spiegel July 9, 2015
   • Arson attack on the Chancellery Music teacher in custody , by Sven Röbel, Der Spiegel July 10, 2015
   • Right background music teacher from Steglitz confesses arson attacks , BZ July 10, 2015
   • Series of attacks Again arson attack on Paul-Löbe-Haus , BZ April 21, 2015; Fire bottle in front of offices Attempted attack on the Bundestag building . Handelsblatt December 4, 2014
   • Arson attack series of the "German Resistance Movement"
   • Arson attack on the Chancellery - right-wing extremist dead , Die Welt July 13, 2015
4. ↑ Extremism The Right Terror of Neukölln , by Alexander Dinger and Ulrich Kraetzer, Berliner Morgenpost April 7, 2018
5. ↑ And again Neukölln , from Sven Kames magazine " derrechte rand " issue 166 - May 2017
6. ↑ Reinickendorf arson attack carried out on Berlin mosque , by Hans H. Nibbrig and Janine Richter, Berliner Morgenpost March 11, 2018, police investigate fire in Berlin mosque - police assume arson attack