German authorities suspect a leftwing group is behind a power outage in south-west Berlin that has left tens of thousands of households, hospitals and nursing homes without electricity and heating in freezing temperatures.
The outage, which began on Saturday morning and is expected to last until Thursday, underscores the vulnerability of Germany’s critical infrastructure and the potentially far-reaching and prolonged disruptions caused by sabotage, just as the country has warned of a rising number of such attacks.
“With this attack, suspected leftwing extremists knowingly put human lives at risk, especially those of patients in hospitals, elderly people, children and families,” Berlin mayor Kai Wegner said on Sunday.
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