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Attacken auf Stromversorgung: Strom-Sabotage: Polizei startet Einsatz am Hambacher Forst

Seit Tagen sucht die Polizei nach einem 48-Jährigen aus NRW, der für versuchte Sabotageakte gegen das deutsche Stromnetz verantwortlich sein soll. Jetzt läuft ein massiver Einsatz am Hambacher Forst.

Attacken auf Stromversorgung: Strom-Sabotage: Polizei startet Einsatz am Hambacher Forst

Kerpen, Germany - Police initiated a large-scale operation at the Hambacher Forst near Kerpen, west of Cologne, in connection with attempted sabotage of Germany's power grid. According to dpa reports, up to 100 police vehicles were present at the scene. Authorities have been searching for a 48-year-old suspect linked to these sabotage activities.

On Saturday, investigators released a search warrant featuring two photographs of the suspect from Gevelsberg, in the southern Ruhrgebiet. Sabotage operations have primarily targeted North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg, and recently, Saxony, where lignite mining still occurs. On Friday, officials found explosives in the suspect's apartment in Gevelsberg.

Later, a special intervention unit stormed a truck in Niederzier, near the Hambach open-cast mine, which appeared to have been converted into a mobile home. However, the suspect was not apprehended.

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