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Twenty-one explosive devices found near Saxony power lines

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Police and prosecutors reported 21 homemade explosive devices near high-voltage lines during investigations into power-grid sabotage; the perpetrator and any Russian link remain unestablished.

Occurrence
Publication
First observed
Review status
Reviewed
Countries
Germany
Updated

Attribution

Not specified

Facts

Established

  • Authorities found 21 explosive devices near power lines.
  • Explosive devices were recovered near critical electricity infrastructure.
  • Reuters: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
  • Reuters: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.
  • The discovery formed part of a sabotage investigation.
  • ZDFheute: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
  • ZDFheute: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.

Unknown

  • Attribution remained unresolved.
  • No Russian operational link was established.
  • Reuters: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
  • Reuters: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.
  • The perpetrator remained at large.
  • ZDFheute: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
  • ZDFheute: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.

Sources

  1. Role
    Primary evidence
    Publication

    Police and prosecutors said 21 homemade explosive devices had been found near high-voltage power lines during investigations into attacks on the electricity grid.

  2. Role
    Corroborating evidence
    Publication

    ZDFheute berichtet über Sprengsätze und Ermittlungen wegen Sabotageverdachts an einem Umspannwerk in Sachsen.