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Berlin is witnessing a spate of arson attacks and the authorities appear to be powerless to stop them - despite nightly helicopter patrols and plainclothes police patrols on the ground.The problem is affecting the current election campaign in the capital: Chancellor Angela Merkel has weighed in on the debate, as both her party and its junior coalition partner the Free Democrats accuse the Berlin government of failure to act.
Berlin is witnessing a spate of arson attacks and the authorities appear to be powerless to stop them - despite nightly helicopter patrols and plainclothes police patrols on the ground.The problem is affecting the current election campaign in the capital: Chancellor Angela Merkel has weighed in on the debate, as both her party and its junior coalition partner the Free Democrats accuse the Berlin government of failure to act.
