Sappers at the site where a suspicious object was found near the house in Berlin where RIA Novosti journalists live. Video frame. Archival photo BERLIN, May 7. An investigation into the incident in the house where Russian journalists live has been launched, the Berlin prosecutor's office and the state security department have been involved, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the police. On Friday, the building in the west of Berlin, where journalists of the Russian news agency RIA Novosti and members of their families live was attacked, one of the windows was broken, while examining the territory, a canister with wires was found in the ventilation niche. The police squad arrived on call and evacuated the residents, the sappers neutralized the device. According to a source close to the police circles, it was a detonator and a combustible substance, the remains of the device were handed over to experts. , where journalists from the Russian Federation live «The investigation is ongoing, the Berlin prosecutor's office and the state security department of the police have been involved,» the representative of the department said, refusing at this stage of the investigation to assess the likelihood that the crime was a possible terrorist attack against Russian journalists and their families. The service confirmed that forensics are currently reviewing evidence collected on the spot, including a «threat level from a device» that was found in one of the building's ventilation shafts and destroyed by sappers.
Clap sounded near the Rossiya Segodnya office in Berlin
