Berlin resident Renate Langanke woke up shortly after midnight to a loud explosion. When the pensioner peeked out her window, she saw flames billowing from two Mercedes-Benz brand cars parked across the street.
“Fire and smoke were everywhere, you could smell burned rubber, it was awful,” said Langanke, who lives in a sleepy area with tree-lined alleys in white-collar western Berlin. “I’ve always felt safe here, now I’m scared.”
Arsonists have set fire to 26 cars in the German capital in the last two days, mainly from Mercedes, BMW and Audi, police said today. That brings the total number torched this year in Berlin to at least 138, more than double the figure for all of 2010.
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