Police storm the suspected electricity saboteur's vehicle in Niederzier

Dusseldorf. According to NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul, the police stormed the vehicle of the man who is suspected of several sabotage actions against the German electricity supply. The access took place in Niederzier near Düren (NRW), said the CDU politician in Düsseldorf. Now the man is probably on foot and won't get far. “Bild” had previously reported on the access.

The suspect's vehicle was parked in the forest, said the head of the state security department in the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of the Interior, Markus Gemünd. A special operations team stormed it. But the man was not in the car. The vehicle is now being searched for traces.

At a press conference, Reul had previously said that explosives had been found on the 48-year-old suspect. There were clear explosives found in the man's apartment in Gevelsberg. It was later added that the substances involved were potassium nitrate and potassium perchlorate.

According to Reul, there is no other evidence that the man is particularly dangerous. His letter of confession is authentic. According to Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), it is most likely a lone perpetrator and “climate terrorism”.