June 17 (Reuters) - Dozens of commercial vehicles from

Amazon ( AMZN ) and Deutsche Telekom were put on fire

in the early hours of Tuesday, German media reported, with

police saying they are investigating politically motivated arson

attacks.

Berlin police said in a statement that 17 vehicles

belonging to a telecommunications company were damaged by fire.

The fire brigade, which was called in after loud bangs were

heard, put out the fires.

The statement also said a delivery company's 18 vehicles

burnt out at a separate site, with a further five vehicles

getting damaged in the blaze. It said that no people were hurt.

Newspaper B.Z. and broadcaster RBB reported separately that

the companies affected were Amazon ( AMZN ) and Deutsche Telekom.

The police declined to disclose the company names and also

would not say whether anyone had claimed responsibility for the

attacks.

Amazon ( AMZN ) condemned the act, a spokesperson told Reuters, while

Deutsche Telekom said it could not comment on pending

investigations.

Later on Tuesday, a far-left anti-war group published a

statement on a media blog, claiming responsibility for the

attacks.

It linked the attacks to the opening of Amazon's ( AMZN ) new offices

in Berlin, which took place on Monday, and the military use of

technologies developed by both companies.

Reuters could not independently verify the statement.

Last year, a far-left militant group calling itself "Volcano

group shutting down Tesla" claimed responsibility for an arson

attack on a power pylon that halted production for days at

Tesla's car factory outside Berlin.

The authorities in the German capital had previously blamed

a number of arson attacks in Berlin since 2011 on similar

left-wing "volcano groups".

It was not immediately clear whether the latest fires were

related to those earlier attacks.