Overview
- RWE plant security found a tape‑wrapped, handball‑sized firework known as a 'Kugelbombe' about 10–15 meters from a high‑voltage mast at the decommissioned Frimmersdorf plant on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
- Explosive‑ordnance specialists from the Landeskriminalamt rendered the device harmless and secured it at the scene.
- Authorities said experts judged an explosion of the item would have caused no damage and that there was no sign anyone had tried to ignite it.
- Police have not yet determined whether the device included a detonator or how long it had been at the site, and they are continuing technical and criminal inquiries.
- The find comes after multiple sabotage attempts on transmission lines in early September and an arrest in that probe, though officials currently see no confirmed link and are keeping security at energy sites heightened.