Groß Strömkendorf (dpa/mv) - After the fire in the refugee accommodation in Groß Strömkendorf (Northwest Mecklenburg), Mayor Tino Schmidt (SPD) warned against hasty assessments and prejudices. "We resist being shorn over the right ridge," said Schmidt on Friday in Blowatz, which includes Groß Strömkendorf, the German Press Agency. We lived well with the 14 Ukrainian refugees, they were accepted in the villages. The former hotel where the refugees lived burned down on Wednesday evening. The police suspect that the act had a political background.
The cause of the fire, in which no one was injured, was initially unclear, according to the police. The police suspect arson. Two days earlier, on Monday, the police had been notified of a swastika graffiti not far from the accommodation.
