German prosecutors launch terror probe into Berlin power outages |
BERLIN, Germany — German federal prosecutors on Tuesday launched a terrorism investigation into an arson attack on high-voltage cables that caused a power blackout impacting 45,000 Berlin households.
The service said it was probing Saturday’s attack — claimed by a far-left extremist group — on charges including “membership in a terrorist organization, sabotage, arson and disruption of public services.”
The arson attack was claimed online by a left-wing extremist group that calls itself Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group) and said it was targeting “the fossil fuel economy” driving climate change.
“In the greed for energy, the Earth is being drained, sucked dry, burned, ravaged, razed, raped and destroyed,” part of the letter stated.
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