€5,000 reward for arsonists

BERLIN police are offering €5,000 to anyone able to help them find vandals who set fire to 18 cars parked in residential neighbourhoods overnight.

It was the second consecutive night in Berlin to see a jump in arson attacks, after vandals torched 11 cars on Tuesday evening.

Berlin police believe the arsons are politically motivated, possibly linked to leftist extremists.

Yesterday’s attacks bring the number of cars burned this year in Berlin to more than 300 — more than the total torched in 2010.