Police investigate attack on antique artworks on Berlin's Museum Island

A general view shows the Alte Nationalgalerie museum where unknown perpetrators damaged numerous pieces of art and antiques at the museum island, along with other Berlin's museums, in one of the largest cases of art vandalism in decades, according to German media reports, in Berlin, Germany October 21, 2020. The banner reads 'For cosmopolitanism and democratic values, against racism, anti-Semitism, nationalism and agitation.' REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin police are investigating an attack that caused extensive damage to works of art and artefacts displayed at three locations on the German capital's Museum Island.

Confirming earlier media reports, the police said in a statement on Wednesday that unknown suspects had splashed an oily liquid around the museums during opening hours on Oct. 3 but gave no further details.