German Luxury Cars Damaged by Climate Activists

18 July 2007Planet Ark

Berlin police said on Tuesday that the tyres of some 50 luxury cars were damaged overnight by unknown assailants who left leaflets with pro-environment messages on the cars' windscreens.

A police spokeswoman said the activists let the air out of most of the tyres but some were also punctured. The large, up-market cars attacked were in two leafy sections of Berlin -- Zehlendorf and Charlottenburg.

She said that there had been a similar overnight attack a week ago in the Grunewald district when 21 cars were damaged. The leaflets pointed to the damage caused to the climate by cars, the spokeswoman said.