"This Could Have Killed People": Oxi Is Third Club Targeted by Arson
A homemade incendiary device was set at Oxi club in Lichtenberg in the early hours of Monday morning, the latest in a string of violent attacks on Berlin nightlife venues.
The threats to Berlin nightlife are manifold right now: evictions, rising rents, lack of cultural funding — but of all these, the most ominous may be a worrying trend of arson attacks. This is what Oxi, the club in Lichtenberg, experienced in the early hours of Monday morning, when three individuals discovered a fire had broken out at around 1:30 am and alerted the fire department, who rushed to the scene and used chainsaws to cut through sections of the wooden facade to prevent the spread of the flames.
A small number of people have repeatedly caused problems — including individuals who celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday
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