Suspect arrested after sabotage attacks on power grid
Police arrest 48-year-old man with explosives near the Weisweiler power plant near Aachen.
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- After sabotage attacks on the German power grid, police arrested a 48-year-old suspect near Aachen.
- He had explosives with him; He was previously wanted for attempted attacks on high-voltage lines.
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Why It Matters
After a series of sabotage attacks on the German power grid, a search was underway for the suspect.
Berlin. After the series of sabotage attacks on the German power grid, the police arrested the 48-year-old suspect. According to dpa information, the man was noticed by the police near the Weisweiler power plant near Aachen.
The 48-year-old had explosives with him when he was arrested. “The items are currently being examined by a defuser from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Criminal Police Office,” said the Cologne police. In addition, emergency services found a tent in the undergrowth that was equipped with additional explosives.
The 48-year-old offered no resistance when he was arrested near the Weisweiler power plant near Aachen. “Officers are currently securing traces and evidence on site and checking whether other previously undetected launching devices have been set up in the area,” the police wrote.
The authorities had been searching for the 48-year-old from Gevelsberg in the southern Ruhr area for days. He is said to have tried to shoot a thin wire over high-voltage lines with self-made rockets in several places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and Saxony and thus trigger a short circuit.
What to Watch
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The police examine other firing devices in the area.
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Open Questions
- What was the suspect's motive?
- Are there other accomplices?
