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Germany uncovers 21 explosive devices in power-grid sabotage

9/8/2026

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Police Uncover Explosives

German police uncovered 21 explosive devices linked to sabotage attacks on the electricity grid.
Saxony prosecutors identified nine homemade explosives near lines south of Graustein substation in the Görlitz district.
Berlin police investigated a Moabit transformer substation fire, attributing it to a technical fault.
Wesel police launched a major assessment after a transformer substation security fence was cut open.

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Germany Calls Extremism

Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the power-grid sabotage “climate extremism”.
North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said investigators consider direction and left-wing extremism.
NATO and European Commission leaders said the attacks signal a “new normal” of hybrid warfare in Europe.
Germany plans a national “cyberdome” to detect and intercept hacking attempts targeting critical infrastructure.
Analyst Natia Seskuria warned Russia uses provocations to test NATO unity and pressure the West.

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Police Uncover Explosives

German police uncovered 21 explosive devices linked to sabotage attacks on the electricity grid.
Saxony prosecutors identified nine homemade explosives near lines south of Graustein substation in the Görlitz district.
Berlin police investigated a Moabit transformer substation fire, attributing it to a technical fault.
Wesel police launched a major assessment after a transformer substation security fence was cut open.

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