One million euro reward for information about the perpetrators of the Berlin blackout

Three weeks after the cable bridge fire in Berlin, which left approximately 45,000 people without power for several days. households, the German government has offered a one-million-euro reward for information about the perpetrators, informed Iris Spranger, Berlin senator for internal affairs.

Spranger, quoted by the dpa agency, emphasized that this is an “exceptional situation” both because of the amount of the award and the importance of the case itself. “We are talking about terrorism here,” she noted.

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner assessed the award of one million euros as “a clear signal that the rule of law takes the capture of perpetrators suspected of left-wing terrorism with the utmost seriousness.”

On January 3 in the morning, a cable fire caused a failure in Berlin, which deprived approximately 45,000 people of electricity. households. Electricity supplies were restored to all affected people after a few days. It was the longest mass power outage in the German capital since the end of World War II.

The extremist left-wing Vulkangruppe (Vulcan Group) claimed responsibility for setting the cables on fire. In a document submitted to the authorities, their goals included “switching off the electricity to those in power” and attacking the “fossil fuel industry.” The group has already carried out sabotage attacks on critical infrastructure in Germany in the past. She is being prosecuted by federal prosecutors, including: on charges of terrorism. (PAP)

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