US EditionLeft-Wing Militants Claim Berlin Power Plant Sabotage Attack
The Vulkangruppe claimed the arson as a protest against fossil fuels, leaving 35,000 households without power until Thursday amid freezing temperatures, officials said.
- On January 3, 2026, Stromnetz Berlin said about 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses in south-west Berlin lost power after a fire damaged cables on a bridge across the Teltow Canal.
- Police are investigating the blaze as possible arson after emergency services were alerted at 6.45am and deployed about 160 officers to the Lichterfelde site with criminal investigators present.
- Residents were warned heating systems may fail, urged to use phones sparingly and keep torches as loudspeaker vans alerted neighbourhoods; hospitals and care homes evacuated patients from two homes, while local train stations saw electronic signs fail.
- Stromnetz Berlin said it is trying to gradually restore power, but spokesman Henrik Beuster told AFP timing is unclear; a full restart needs new cables and is expected by Thursday afternoon, with some homes restored by early Sunday.
- Amid heightened concern about sabotage, Germany remains on high alert for infrastructure threats from foreign actors such as Russia, and the state security service may be involved depending on findings, recalling a September pylon arson affecting around 50,000 customers claimed by an unnamed group.
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Berlin, on Edge, Tries to Restore Power After Arson
An arson attack on an overhead cable link in Berlin has left tens of thousands of residents facing days without electricity, heat, and reliable cellphone service as temperatures remain below freezing. Firefighters were called Saturday to a blaze on a cable bridge spanning a canal that connects a major power...
Climate Terrorism: Militant left activists use grid arson to blackout 45,000 Berlin homes in midwinter
https://joannenova.com.au/2026/01/climate-terrorism-militant-left-activists-use-grid-arson-to-blackout-45000-berlin-homes-in-midwinter/ They wanted to “cut the juice to the ruling class” By Jo Nova Saving the world now means committing arson, and cutting off grandma’s electricity for days in midwinter Germany. The attack burned through a cable connected to one of Berlin’s gas plants. The so-called Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group) claimed responsibi…
Some 30,500 homes remain without light this Monday in southwestern Berlin after the alleged sabotage of Saturday claimed by an extreme leftist group, which affected...
A left-wing extreme attack plunges Berlin into chaos. But the actual target of the perpetrators was a political one.
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