Overview
- The consulate’s visitor entrance, defaced Thursday with red paint, covered about three by five meters, police said.
- Officers guarding the site detained a 24-year-old nearby, took him to a station for fingerprinting, cited him for criminal damage, then released him.
- State security investigators in Munich, known as Kriminalfachdezernat 4, have taken over the case as authorities assess the damage.
- A group calling itself Widerstandskollektiv said the action was a protest against what it calls a U.S. war in Iran.
- Police reported no traffic delays because the area around the gate is a traffic-calmed zone.