Overview
- Tens of thousands of households in southwestern Berlin remain without electricity days after the blackout, with local reports warning some areas could be without power through Thursday.
- Police are probing a suspected arson attack on a cable bridge after a claim of responsibility by the far‑left group known as Vulkangruppe.
- The outage initially cut power to about 45,000 homes and 2,200 businesses, and full restoration has not yet been achieved.
- Journalist Franca Lehfeldt, whose household is affected, praised emergency services and neighborhood solidarity but labeled the state government’s performance a failure.
- Lehfeldt questioned Berlin’s spending priorities, citing a plan to plant one million trees at an estimated €3.2 billion before securing critical infrastructure against extremists.