{
  "id": 6601537,
  "title": "Power supply: Federal Prosecutor's Office takes over investigations into power sabotage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/stromversorgung-bundesanwaltschaft-ubernimmt-ermittlungen-zu-strom",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:01:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/stromversorgung-bundesanwaltschaft-uebernimmt-ermittlungen-zu-strom-sabotage/100253666.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The German Federal Prosecutor's Office has taken over the investigation into a series of sabotage attacks on the country's power grid. A 48-year-old man is suspected of attempting to sabotage power lines near coal-fired power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg, and Saxony. He was arrested on Tuesday near the Weisweiler power plant in Aachen after police noticed him during a large-scale operation. The suspect allegedly set up launch devices and used homemade rockets to shoot wires over high-voltage lines, causing short circuits and disabling individual blocks of nearby power plants.",
  "summary": "There have been several sabotage attacks on the power grid. A 48-year-old man has confessed to the attacks and has been arrested. Due to the severity of the cases, responsibility is now being transferred to Karlsruhe.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Power supply: Federal Prosecutor's Office takes over investigations into power sabotage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/stromversorgung-bundesanwaltschaft-ubernimmt-ermittlungen-zu-strom-6601547",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:35:54.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}