US EditionGerman Police Find More Damage Along Railway Disrupted by Suspected Sabotage
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY, AUG 1 – Authorities suspect sabotage caused a fire that paralyzed a major rail corridor, leading to massive delays across regional and long-distance train services, Deutsche Bahn said.
- German police discovered damage at a second location along a railway line in western Germany, which was disrupted due to a fire that authorities suspect was sabotage.
- Investigators ruled out accidental causes, and ongoing investigations are confirmed but without disclosure of the type of damage found.
- Damage was caused by an incendiary device of the same design found the day before, which affected about 60 meters of cable that will need replacement, as reported by Bild, citing DPA.
- Rail traffic disruptions occurred near Duisburg after the fire, with accidental causes ruled out.
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Until the night, experts repaired some 20 metres of cable at the Düsseldorf-Duisburg junction. After days of standstill, traffic finally rolls again. Meanwhile, the investigation continues.
In the generally ideologically motivated delusion of the struggle against the right, the state protection on the left eye is blind. No wonder that left-wing extremists could unhinderedly carry out an attack on the German railway network – and this is also celebrated on the left-wing platform, Indymedia. Once again, it happened: an arson attack on critical infrastructure, this time between Düsseldorf and Duisburg – and again it is self-proclaimed…
German police find more damage along railway disrupted by suspected sabotage
German police said on Friday that damage had been found at a second location along a railway line in western Germany where traffic had been disrupted a day earlier due to a fire in a cable tunnel that authorities suspect was an act of sabotage.
The German rail has suffered for several years numerous incidents resulting in disruptions in traffic. Some have been claimed by environmental or political groups The police
The second arson attack in two days has damaged German railways in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. On Friday, a track in the city of Düsseldorf was hit, while a similar incendiary device paralysed a busy Deutsche Bahn (DB) line between that city and Duisburg the day before.
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