US EditionBerlin power grid attack caused by 'extreme leftists', officials say
The Volcano Group said the attack targeted fossil fuel dependency, leaving 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses without power, with full restoration expected by Thursday.
- On Saturday, a cable fire near a gas-fired power station in the Lichterfelde area caused a blackout, leaving around 50,000 households without electricity and some without heating.
- The Vulkangruppe said the attack was an `act of resistance` against the `greed for energy` and targeted the fossil-fuel economy.
- On Sunday, crews had reconnected seven thousand households and 150 firms, but five high-tension cables were damaged, complicating repairs after around 45,000 households and 2,000 firms lost power.
- Some schools due to reopen on Monday will remain closed as traffic lights and the S‑Bahn outer arms were hit, while hospitals and care facilities used emergency generators and moved some patients.
- Police said an investigation is underway after a letter claimed responsibility, German antiterrorism authorities studied a credible note Sunday, and officials said incendiary devices caused damage with repairs hindered by snow and frost.
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Tens of thousands of households in the snowy German capital are still without electricity, and some without heating. The widespread power outage was caused by a fire allegedly started by the far-left Vulkangruppe.
In the German capital Berlin, tens of thousands of families will be without power until Thursday after a fire damaged electrical cables. The left-wing extremist Vulkangruppe has claimed responsibility for the fire. But who or what is the Vulkangruppe? "A rather mysterious group that has recently started fires in Berlin," says correspondent Chiem Balduk.
Thousands of households in southwest Berlin affected by Saturday's power outage had electricity restored by the early hours of Sunday, the supplier reported. "By 3:23 a.m. (02:23 GMT) on January 4, we were able to...
After the arson attack on important cables, thousands of people in the southwest of Berlin are facing another day without electricity. Many schools and daycare centers remain closed. The police are hoping for witnesses.
The Prime Minister Kai Wegener mentioned the existence of a letter signed by an extremist group on the left, in which members would have recognized that they deliberately burned a node of the network found on a post. According to the information presented, the action would have been carried out and the nearby electrical center satisfactorily.About 50,000 of the affected residents remained without electricity following the incident. Energy food w…
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