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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Kate Connolly in Berlin

Leftwing group claim responsibility for Tesla factory arson attack in Berlin

Police officers work next to a damaged pylon at the Tesla Gigafactory
Police officers work next to a damaged pylon at the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin on Tuesday. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Leftwing extremists have claimed responsibility for a dawn arson attack on an electricity pylon at the Tesla car factory in Berlin, which bosses said would halt production until the end of the week.

In a 2,500-word letter released on Tuesday, the Vulkan (volcano) activist group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the factory, which produces about 500,000 electric cars a year, consumed both natural resources and labour and was neither ecological or sustainable.

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