Palestinian flag hoisted on the Reichstag building – three arrests

According to media reports, three men removed the German flag from a flagpole in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin on Sunday and hoisted a Palestinian flag in its place. The police arrested the three suspects.

According to information from “Bild”, around 11:15 a.m. a man climbed a flagpole in front of the building where the German Bundestag meets. There he removed the German flag and raised a Palestinian flag. Two other men are said to have accompanied and filmed the action from the ground.

The police then arrived together with the fire department. The man was finally taken off the mast using a turntable ladder. At around 12:30 p.m. he was back on the ground. According to the report, the Palestinian flag was still hanging on the mast at this time.