Posted on 01/06/2026 5:38:41 AM PST by yesthatjallen
A suspected arson attack has caused a widespread power cut in Berlin since Saturday. Authorities said on Sunday that it was a result of a politically motivated attack by “left-wing extremists".
Around 45,000 households were left without electricity in southwest Berlin after high-voltage power lines were damaged by a fire, which authorities have described as a politically motivated attack by far-left extremists.
Though power has been restored in some areas, thousands could be left without power until Thursday after what authorities say was a politically motivated attack by “left-wing extremists”.
The blaze erupted on a cable bridge over the Teltow Canal near the Lichterfelde power plant on Saturday morning, local authorities said, affecting 2,200 businesses and 45,000 households across four districts, cutting their access to electricity, including internet and heating. Many in southwest Berlin still in the dark
While the police continue to investigate, numerous households in south-west Berlin are still without power. A first emergency shelter has now been set up for those affected. A district care point is now available in a sports centre on Hüttenweg in the Zehlendorf district, according to a fire brigade spokesperson.
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(Excerpt) Read more at euronews.com ...
Security authorities have had information about "Volcano Group" for years. According to domestic intelligence services, the group was founded in 2011. The Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution has dealt with it several times since then, including in 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2024.
"The group belongs to the left-wing extremist spectrum," said security expert Felix Neumann from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in an interview with Stern magazine.
Of course these leftists did in one strike what the left is doing to millions and millions of people all over Europe and for many years now.
First, we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.
Leonard is rolling in his grave right now.
So much for the dangers of far-right extremism
Quick! Ban the AfD!
The sooner the better.
I wonder if Euronews puts “Right-wing Extremists” in quotations?
...and the Eighth Air Force.
Did “Volcano Group’s” Russian friends suggest the attack, as payback for Germany abetting Ukrainian attacks on the Russian electricity grid?
Arab migrants exploit power outage in Berlin to commit burglaries – they are immediately released
SO. WHAT.
The Germans have rolled over and exposed their genitals in fear and have given the ok to be conquered. Let them rot.
World War I and World War II disproportionately killed young, physically robust, high-risk-taking European males, potentially removing a subset of men more likely to have higher testosterone–linked traits from the gene pool, and the rapid onset of WW II on the heels of WWI interrupted the normal dilution by recombination.
Who do they think they are? .. England?
In the middle of a wintry cold spell, when many Berliners had “electrified’ by changing from gas heat to electric heat pumps.
If the "right" decided to take down the grid there would be a LOT more people without power for a LOT longer.
But the chances are very low anyone on the "right" will as we have a sense of personal responsibility and self control.
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