US EditionClimate Extremists Claim Responsibility for Blackout Affecting 50,000 Households
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NRW reacts dismayed by a suspected attack by left-wing extremists in Berlin, which resulted in a massive blackout. The act reveals how vulnerable the critical infrastructure is. The railway is also repeatedly affected.
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Climate extremists claim responsibility for blackout affecting 50,000 households
A major blackout has hit five districts in southwestern Berlin, with the police treating the incident as arson. A group of self-described climate activists has claimed responsibility for a massive power outage that hit five districts in southwestern Berlin, saying the action targeted the fossil fuel industry and "the rich." Up to 50,000 households and 2,200 commercial entities were affected by the blackout in the early hours of Saturday, a spoke…
The power outage could last for many of the tens of thousands affected by the electricity grid Berlin until next Thursday. A letter of acceptance has been received by the police.
Berlin blackout hits 50000 homes as climate activists claim responsibility - Media Talk Africa
A major power outage has affected five districts in southwestern Berlin, with police investigating the incident as a suspected arson attack. The blackout, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, has left up to 50,000 households and 2,200 commercial entities without electricity, according to the local electricity provider, Stromnetz Berlin. The affected areas are […]Read more at Media Talk Africa
Following the widespread power outage in Berlin, experts are criticizing the inadequate safeguarding of the power grid. "Resilience costs money. And companies are only doing what they are legally obligated to do," Manuel Atug, spokesperson for the AG Kritis (Working Group on Critical Infrastructure), told Der Spiegel. Atug lamented that the power supply problems in the capital are not an isolated incident. In many parts of the country, critical…
The Vulcan Levorade Group claimed responsibility for burning cables at the power plant, leaving about 50,000 households and over 2,200 businesses in the south-west of Berlin without light. Anarchists' letter came to the police and was found to be genuine, wrote Tagesspiegel. "An attack on a gas power plant is an act of self-defence and international solidarity with all those who defend the Earth and life," says the letter.
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