Police officers investigate the scene of a series of allegedly deliberate car crashes on highway A100 in Berlin, Germany, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - The suspected perpetrator of a series of car crashes on a Berlin motorway on Tuesday evening has cited Islamist motives but appears to have acted alone, German police and prosecutors said on Wednesday.
"Comments made by the suspect after his criminal acts suggest a religious Islamist motivation," the joint statement from the Berlin police and the public prosecutors office said.
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