Suspicious device found at Dormagen substation — police suspect sabotage
A suspicious device has been discovered at a substation in Dormagen, Germany; investigators have received a responsibility letter. Police are also checking other nearby substations.
German police investigating suspicious device at Dormagen substation
Google News LV — Crime (lv) reports that on Thursday evening a passer-by noticed a suspicious object at a substation in Dormagen, Germany. The object has not yet been fully examined, but a police spokesman indicated that it could be a "launch device".
Investigators have received a letter in which responsibility has been claimed, and which references other publicly known similar incidents in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg.
The newspaper Bild, citing its sources, reported that it could be one or more homemade rocket launcher devices with wires and timers attached. Police have not officially confirmed this information so far. Experts continue to examine the find in order to determine its precise purpose.
According to information provided by Bild, the device found in Dormagen resembles those discovered this week at substations in Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Jenswalde, Brandenburg. Police carried out preventive checks of other substations in the surrounding regions to determine whether suspicious objects had been placed there.
Source: Google News LV — Crime (lv)