Deutschland Dresden Polizeifahrzeuge angezündet (picture-alliance/dpa/R. Halkasch)

Three police vehicles were torched in Dresden on Saturday night, as city began its German Unity Festival, which is celebrating the 26th anniversary of German reunification, according to Deutsche Welle.

Dresden police said that the vehicles were so badly damaged that they can no longer ever be used. Damages are estimated to be in the tens-of-thousands.

Police are yet to find the perpetrator, but are questioning one man initially taken into custody on suspicion of writing hateful speech in graffiti. Police apprehended the man nearby to where "Dresden hates the police" had been sprayed.

Source: MENA