In the street Ringbahnstraße ( Tempelhof district of Berlin), specialists work and train to counter terror: Special task forces and state security guards. But there are always problems with the security doors – which now led to a dangerous mishap.
The anti-terror headquarters in the former Reichspostzentralamt is a result of the Islamist attack on December 19, 2016 at Breitscheidplatz. It was handed over to the police in July 2021. 1200 LKA staff are employed there, a bulwark against terror.
But it already has cracks: There are massive problems with the security doors again and again, many employees only get into the building via an underground tunnel. “Insofar as there are malfunctions at the doors to and in the building, they are usually due to a very high frequency of use,” says the police press office.
Not everything can always be repaired immediately. This is because “extended spare parts delivery times on the market” make quick repairs more difficult.
The only solution: Security guards from private security services guard the defective entrances. According to information from the newspaper BILD, one of them was a person with close contacts to the Islamist scene. Moreover, he even lacked the official authorisation to work as a security guard!
A police spokeswoman when asked: “On March 19, the person in question was immediately banned from the police properties for the purpose of taking up work.”