German police probe unexploded incendiary device at Brandenburg power substation
Bomb-disposal teams defused several homemade devices after lines were damaged and power was briefly cut, officials said.
- On Tuesday, unidentified assailants attacked the Turnow-Preilack substation in the Spree-Nei district with rockets, targeting the facility connected to the nearby Jänschwalde coal-fired power plant in Brandenburg.
- Multiple hits to the facility suggest attackers intended to trigger a large-scale power outage in the area around the coal-fired plant and disrupt the Lausitz power grid.
- Emergency services initially reported discovering and defusing several improvised rocket devices fitted with explosives at the scene; subsequent findings indicated these devices did not exist.
- The Cottbus police directorate confirmed that headquarters in Potsdam assumed responsibility for communications, while local authorities and grid operator 50Hertz provided no immediate statements about the incident.
- Investigators are treating the attack as a high-priority security matter while the investigation continues, leaving critical questions about the Lausitz power grid's vulnerability unanswered.
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The police are investigating a possible act of sabotage at a substation near the Enschwald coal power plant in Brandenburg.
Brandenburg's electricity infrastructure, a German state in the east of the country, was the subject of an attempt to sabotage, in which incendiary artifacts, which did not explode, caused interference in a transmission line, the Minister of the Interior of Brandenburg informed on Tuesday.
The German emergency services have neutralized several improvised missile installations at the Brandenburg transformer station, preventing large-scale power cuts, writes the newspaper Markische Allgemeine Zeitung. The perpetrators planned to attack the Tournov/Prylac power plant near the Yanshwald coal power plant, and transmits to RIA News with reference to the newspaper Markische Allgemeine Zeitung. The attack was intended to cause a major dis…
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