Overview
- Stromnetz Berlin reports stable supply a day after full restoration, calling the incident the capital’s longest postwar outage and working to add a second provisional line.
- The Federal Public Prosecutor has taken over a terrorism investigation, while statements under the “Vulkangruppe” label include both claims of responsibility and a separate distancing text from a group invoking 2011.
- Police and security services are analyzing Indymedia posts that referenced a “time fuse” on supply to Marzahn‑Hellersdorf; the texts were later deleted and their authenticity remains unverified.
- Berlin’s police vice-president says investigators have found no indications of Russian involvement, aligning with intelligence assessments that “Vulkangruppe” functions as a shared label rather than a single organization.
- Experts say n‑1 redundancy failed because multiple high‑ and medium‑voltage cables were co‑located on the same bridge, intensifying debate over physical hardening, data transparency, and funding for resilient distribution networks.