21 October 2022 01:59
A fire that destroyed a shelter for Ukrainian refugees on germany's baltic coast could have been arson authorities suggested on Thursday warning that any kind of violence toward people fleeing war would not be tolerated.
The 14 residents and three employees, who lived in the shelter were rescued from the flames when the former hotel in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg Pomerania burned down on Wednesday night.
According to authorities nobody was injured and the refugees were taken to other shelters. Among the refugees who had to be evacuated were two children, two teenagers and an elderly woman.
German news agency DPA reported the police unit that looks into politically motivated offences in the nearby city of rostock took over the investigation of the blaze in the town of Gross Stroemkendorf from local police who had started looking into arson as the cause.
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