Attacks on energy supply: Sabotage on the power grid: Police arrest 48-year-old man
For days, the police had been searching for a man who was suspected of sabotaging the power grid in Germany. When he was arrested, it became clear that he had additional explosives on him.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of sabotage attacks on the power grid in several German states, including Nordrhein-Westfalen, Brandenburg, and Sachsen. The suspect, from Gevelsberg in the southern Ruhr region, is believed to have used homemade rockets to short-circuit high-voltage power lines near coal-fired power plants, causing disruptions at several locations, including the Weisweiler and Jänschwalde power plants.
The man was found with explosives on him and a tent with additional explosive devices was discovered nearby. The motive behind the attacks appears to be a desire to combat the use of fossil fuels, with the suspect leaving behind letters stating that "electricity generation from fossil fuels is a crime".
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