2026-01-04 14:56
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2026-01-04 14:56
A widespread power outage in the southwestern part of Berlin is the result of a deliberate attack by left-wing extremists, Kai Wegner, the mayor of the German capital, said on Sunday. Electricity is slowly being restored to households.
On Saturday, after an installation fire on one of Berlin's bridges, over 45,000 people were left without access to electricity. households. By Sunday, electricity had been restored to approximately 7,000. houses. In the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district However, approximately 38,000 people remain without electricity. households and over 2 thousand business recipients.
The repair of the failure is expected to last until Thursday, when all affected people will regain access to electricity. Two operations are ongoing in parallel: laying new cables on the bridge and providing temporary power to the injured.
The Berlin authorities confirmed the authenticity of the statement in which left-wing extremist circles admitted causing the failure. – This is unacceptable, once again left-wing extremists are attacking our energy grid and thereby endangering human lives, Wegner said. According to the services, this is a similar incident to the one in September, when radicals also caused a failure.
Berlin senator and former mayor Franziska Giffey also pointed out the intentional nature of the event. As she explained, thick high-voltage cables were damaged as a result of explosions of charges placed directly under them. (PAP)
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