Incident Summary:

06/05/2020: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at an under-construction police headquarters in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202006050029

When:
2020-06-05

Country:
Germany

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

City:
Greifswald

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Greifswald Police
Specific Description Headquarters
Nationality of Target Germany
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Incendiary Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb
Weapon Details
Molotov cocktails were used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"German police building set alight; probe into possible protest link," dpa-AFX International ProFeed, June 8, 2020.