Overview
- A fire at a Reutlingen electrical substation on Monday cut power for about 40,000 households and businesses and investigators found traces of accelerants at the scene.
- Police and prosecutors are treating the Reutlingen blaze as part of a cluster of recent attacks that also damaged cables and attempted arson at sites in Garching, Regensburg and Pentling.
- Bavarian prosecutors say similar targets and methods make an extremist motive likely, but authorities have opened investigations against unknown suspects and no verified claim of responsibility has emerged.
- The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is monitoring the online 'Switch off' campaign, which has been linked to more than 100 incidents and has named industrial chip sites such as Bosch and Infineon.
- Justice ministers agreed to seek tougher penalties for sabotage and to review expanded surveillance options while experts call for more grid redundancy and faster repair capacity, with Ukraine cited as a model for rapid restoration.