🇩🇪 Two sabotage incidents occurred in Germany's power grid within 24 hours, along with an explosion at Augsburg station, — Reuters
💬 Police reported today that they are investigating an act of intentional vandalism against the technical infrastructure of a power substation near the western city of Bergheim, which took place on Tuesday at 18:00. The incident did not affect the region's power supply.
💬 As a result of the incident, five power units of a lignite power plant with a total capacity of 4,200 megawatts (MW) were disconnected from the grid.
One of the affected units, with a capacity of 600 MW, has already been reconnected to the grid.
💬 Also on Tuesday, power transmission lines were damaged at one of the most important high-voltage hubs in the eastern state of Brandenburg.
💬 Additionally, today an unknown object exploded between buildings in front of Augsburg railway station, injuring two boys. According to unconfirmed reports, a grenade exploded.
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