Overview
- Police searched the registered home of a 48-year-old man in Gevelsberg and on Friday stormed a converted truck linked to the suspect near Niederzier, but the man named in claim letters was not detained and remains at large.
- Investigators have identified the name in handwritten claim letters as Daniel V.; the letters, received by outlets including taz and FAZ, assert opposition to fossil-fuel electricity and include technical details that investigators say require forensic verification.
- Officers reported finding explosive‑related substances at the suspect’s residence and are conducting forensic tests on materials seized from the truck and multiple sites where improvised launch devices and thin wiring were discovered.
- A separate politically framed arson attempt near Munich targeted a construction site close to defence firms, and two Bulgarian nationals were arrested in that case as Bavaria’s security authorities opened their own probe.
- State and federal interior ministries have set up specialist teams such as BAO “Blitz” in Brandenburg, deployed hundreds of officers to inspect substations and power corridors, and warned the incidents could accelerate measures to harden critical energy and defence infrastructure.