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Berlin Power Grid Attacks Expose Germany's Vulnerability to Domestic Extremist Sabotage

A 68-year-old ALS patient in Berlin narrowly escaped death when a power grid attack cut electricity to his home in January 2026, leaving him with only six hours of ventilator battery. The incident is part of a series of attacks by a decentralized left-wing extremist network known as the Volcano Group, which has carried out at least 13 attacks on Germany's critical infrastructure since 2011, including the largest Berlin blackout since WWII.