BERLIN (NEWSnet/AP) —Police in Berlin said Friday they have opened an investigation of Roger Waters on suspicion of incitement, regarding a costume the Pink Floyd co-founder wore when he performed last week at the German capital.

Images on social media showed Waters firing an imitation machine gun while dressed in a long black coat with a red armband. Police confirmed an investigation was opened over suspicions that the context of the costume could constitute a glorification, justification or approval of Nazi rule, and therefore a disturbance of the public peace.

After the investigation concludes, the case will be handed to Berlin prosecutors, who would decide whether to pursue charges.

Waters rejected the accusations in a statement early Saturday on Facebook and Instagram. "The elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms," he stated.

He claimed that attempts to portray those elements as something else are "disingenuous and politically motivated."

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