Cars are being torched almost every night amid a sharp rise in left-wing crime in Berlin. Anger is set to peak with a mass protest on the site of Tempelhof airport on Saturday -- making it a burning issue for politicians. All that's needed is a bit of paraffin or some lighter fluid -- and a match. Tuck it under a tire and, after a few minutes, black smoke appears. Soon, the whole car is aflame -- by which time, the culprits have vanished into the night, leaving authorities helpless. In recent months, such scenes have been played out across Berlin almost every night.
Cars are being torched almost every night amid a sharp rise in left-wing crime in Berlin. Anger is set to peak with a mass protest on the site of Tempelhof airport on Saturday -- making it a burning issue for politicians.
All that's needed is a bit of paraffin or some lighter fluid -- and a match. Tuck it under a tire and, after a few minutes, black smoke appears. Soon, the whole car is aflame -- by which time, the culprits have vanished into the night, leaving authorities helpless. In recent months, such scenes have been played out across Berlin almost every night.
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Except when banks do it. Then it's called 'economics.'
