Suspicious object at substation: Police are investigating sabotage

Essen, Düsseldorf. After a suspicious object was found at a substation in Dormagen between Cologne and Düsseldorf, the police are assuming an act of sabotage. The investigators have a letter of confession in which other - already publicly known - suspected cases in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg are mentioned, a spokesman for the Cologne police told the German Press Agency.

The letter signed by name refers to a man from the Gevelsberg area in North Rhine-Westphalia. The police are now looking for him on site, a spokesman said. “Whether he is actually a suspect or a copycat must first be checked.” Several media outlets reported that the letter of responsibility cited the fight against fossil fuels as the motive for the acts. The police did not provide any information about this.

Meanwhile, there was another police operation in Lower Saxony that night. The police examined the area at a substation in Ganderkesee in the Oldenburg district. It was initially unclear what the officers were looking for. There is no danger to the population, said a police spokeswoman. Further information is expected later today.