German prosecutors investigate another failed power grid attack near Düsseldorf, days after a similar incident triggered a blackout in Berlin
German prosecutors investigate another failed power grid attack near Düsseldorf, days after a similar incident triggered a blackout in Berlin
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German prosecutors are investigating a failed attack on a substation near Düsseldorf, in the west of the country, days after a similar incident triggered a power blackout in Berlin.
Police started a probe after a letter accepting responsibility from the radical left-wing group known as Kommando Angry Birds was published on the Indymedia platform on Jan. 5, Attorney General Wolf-Tilman Baumert said.
It remains unclear when the attack took place, he said. Investigators said an incendiary device was deployed, but declined to give details.
Germany is on alert after Berlin suffered its longest power outage in decades, caused by an arson attack on a cable bridge, also claimed by a left-wing extremist group. Electricity was fully restored on Wednesday.