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Vandals set fire to a mouse statue that’s a TV star and mascot for a German broadcaster

  • Vandals set fire to a mouse statue that is a TV star and mascot for children's programming at German broadcaster WDR.
  • The cartoon mouse, known as Die Maus, is the star of a long-running television show in Germany.
  • The fire damaged parts of the statue's face and arm, according to WDR, who filed a police complaint against an unidentified person.
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Unknown people have severely damaged the popular mouse in North Rhine-Westphalia. Now the WDR has made a decision: It comes away first.

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Unknown people have lit the mouse statue in front of the WDR building in Cologne. Now there is a first suspicion.

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Unknown people had set fire to the mouse figure in front of the WDR building in Cologne. Indignant fans now arrived with patches. Also the transmitter reacts.

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Iconic TV German mouse statue damaged in arson attack

‘A piece of childhood, a symbol of joy and togetherness has been attacked’

·London, United Kingdom
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Vandals set fire to a mouse statue that's a TV star and mascot for a German broadcaster

Vandals have set fire to a mouse statue that’s a TV star and mascot for children’s programming at German broadcaster WDR.

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presseportal.de broke the news in on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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