AFP
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According to the German security services, the sabotage of train cables in northern Germany last weekend was a “politically motivated act”. The German media reports. They haven’t revealed why the security services think so.
On Saturday morning, rail traffic in northern Germany was cut off for hours after the railroad’s essential radio communications cables were cut. The fiber optic cables were also damaged, causing the backup system to fail.
Security services presume authors with insider knowledge. Germany has suffered politically motivated acts of sabotage in the past, he recalls The mirror. Radical leftist groups attacked signal lines and railway installations. They often did not act as professionally as the perpetrators of the sabotage last weekend. Furthermore, radical left groups quickly claimed the acts of sabotage, writes Der Spiegel.
Last weekend’s sabotage has not yet been claimed by anyone. Police said yesterday that there is no reason to think about sabotage by another country. However, the Bild newspaper cites an internal assessment by the German Federal Criminal Investigation Service which states that even state sabotage is not inconceivable.
The investigation refers to the sabotage of the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines. The Federal Criminal Investigation Service and the Ministry of the Interior have not yet responded.
“The level of threat is high. The acts of sabotage against our infrastructure have made this very clear,” deputy party leader Dirk Wiese of the ruling SPD party told the Rheinische Post.
