Overview
- Officials found several makeshift bombs at the Preilack substation that serves the Jaenschwalde coal plant, and at least one device detonated on Tuesday causing damage to multiple transmission lines.
- Grid operator 50Hertz reported a brief interruption of service, said all lines have since been restored, and confirmed the wider power supply was not affected.
- Power plant operator LEAG called the incident an attack and said a unit at the plant suffered a technical failure that investigators are checking for a link to the sabotage.
- Police have opened a criminal probe and are searching for the perpetrators while authorities consider both domestic militant claims and the possibility of foreign-linked sabotage.
- The episode follows a string of arson and sabotage near Berlin this year that damaged high-voltage infrastructure and raised official concern about risks to Germany's energy grid and public safety.