German minister says Brandenburg power grid target of sabotage attack

German minister says Brandenburg power grid target of sabotage attack  Reuters

BERLIN: Improvised explosive devices were used on Tuesday (Sep 1) in a sabotage attack near a coal-fired power plant in Germany, with several electricity lines damaged and supply briefly interrupted, police and a grid operator said.Several makeshift bombs were found around 8am (2pm, Singapore time) at the Preilack subs

Germany's Brandenburg state criminal police office has taken over the investigation of the incident.

Police say they found unconventional explosive and incendiary devices near the Jänschwalde power plant in Brandenburg. Meanwhile, Germany's top diplomat says Algeria could become an important supplier of gas.

Improvised explosive devices were used on Tuesday to target power lines near a coal-fired power plant in Germany, with several electricity lines damaged and supply briefly interrupted, police and a grid operator said. Several makeshift bombs were found around 8am local time at the Preilack substation, which distributes

Police responding to explosives reported in Turnow-Preilack, near the coal-fired Jänschwalde power plant Over in Brussels, the European Commission is just starting its first midday briefing of the autumn. It opens with an announcement that Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will receive Nato’s Mark Rutte tomorro

BERLIN, Sept 1 - German police are investigating an incident involving an unexploded incendiary device on Tuesday at a power substation in the eastern state of Brandenburg, a spokesperson said.

According to media reports, a key installation near the Jänschwalde coal plant in Brandenburg was repeatedly targeted with rockets, which emergency crews later found and defused.