Attacks on power supply: Power sabotage: Search for perpetrators in the Hambach Forest
For days, police have been searching for a 48-year-old man from North Rhine-Westphalia who is believed to be responsible for attempted acts of sabotage against the German power grid - now also in the Hambach Forest.
Police in Germany have launched a large-scale search operation in Hambacher Forst near Kerpen, west of Cologne, for a 48-year-old man suspected of attempted sabotage attacks on the country's power grid. The suspect, from Gevelsberg in the southern Ruhr region, is believed to have carried out attacks in North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg, and Saxony, targeting areas where brown coal is still being mined and used to generate electricity.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the attacks as likely "climate terrorism" by a lone perpetrator, while North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul stated that those responsible were putting lives at risk. The search operation, involving up to 100 police vehicles, was ongoing as of the afternoon.
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