Scandal in the Grunewald: Tennis club attacked with faeces!

Scandal in the Grunewald: Tennis club attacked with faeces!

On the night of Monday, the clubhouse of the Tennis Club 1899 Blau-Weiss in Berlin-Grunewald was damaged by unknowns with faeces and smearings. The incident, which is currently being examined by the state protection, includes a dirty of the facade with a lettering that represents an allusion to the popular TV show by Joko and Klaas: "If I were you". t-online reports that the police found a "strongly smelling liquid" on window, glass doors and ventilation has identified as faeces by a lawyer of the association.

On Monday morning, the tennis club filed a complaint, while a fake press release appeared on the Internet. This claims that the moderators Joko and Klaas are responsible for the incident in order to protest against an alleged "fascist basic tone of the association". At the same time, the website "ifichduwaere.org", which assumes that the moderator duo would have distributed butyric acid and faeces on the site. the daily mirror confirms that the incident is considered a property damage, and there is considerations for a political Motif behind the crime.

context on politically motivated crimes

The club lawyer, Ben Irle, commented on the incident and described him as a "sad example of unimaginative and blunt vandalism", which has no relation to legitimate political activism. These incidents join an existing context in which the tennis club made the headlines in mid -March 2023. At that time, party guests had called racist slogans, which the police did not classify as a crime.

According to an overview of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), politically motivated crime (PMK) in Germany has a significant relevance to the security situation. In 2023, an increase in various areas of this form of tort could be observed. PMK law in particular has increased by 23.21 % to 28,945 cases, which is almost half of all registered PMK cases. In connection with the incident in Berlin, it should be mentioned that property damage with 9,304 cases has an increase of 16.61 %, which is 15.5 % of the total number of cases.

The educational rate for politically motivated crimes is 46.85 %, which is an increase compared to the previous year. This could indicate that the authorities may be targeting the increase in vandalism and hate crimes, which is also relevant in the case of the tennis club. BKA records any form of politically motivated offenses and has a worrying increase in hate crime, especially xenophobic crimes this year.