Confessional letters on power outages: man from Gevelsberg sought by police
A man from North Rhine-Westphalia has confessed in handwritten letters to attacks on the power supply. Police consider the letters authentic and are conducting a manhunt for the suspect.
Man from North Rhine-Westphalia confesses to attacks on power grid
A man from Gevelsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia has confessed in two handwritten letters to a series of attacks on the power supply. According to Tagesschau, citing the ARD main studio in Berlin, investigators have classified the confessional letters as authentic. Police are currently conducting a manhunt for the suspected author.
In the first letter, the author states that he has caused "short circuits in the power grid around the Jänschwalde and Schwarze Pumpe power plants". He cites as his motive electricity generation from fossil fuels, which he describes as a crime causing "unspeakable suffering". He accuses the media and the state of inaction and states that he must therefore take matters into his own hands. He also refers to the Middle East conflict and claims that Germany supports genocide in Palestine.
The author emphasises that he planned and carried out all acts alone, without involving anyone else. The first letter is accompanied by another sheet containing technical details on how the attacks were executed. According to the ARD main studio in Berlin, this presumed perpetrator knowledge was the decisive factor in leading investigators to believe the letters are genuine.
In a second confessional letter, the man claims to be responsible for attacks on the power supply at Gohr, Bergheim-Rheidt, Dormagen, and Weisweiler — all locations in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to his own statements, he also sent this letter to several media outlets; the Berlin newspaper taz had already reported on it previously.
Both letters are signed with the author's full name. According to Tagesschau, whether the person who signed is actually identical to the author cannot yet be determined with absolute certainty. According to information from the ARD main studio in Berlin, the suspected perpetrator is a German citizen born in 1977 with residence in Gevelsberg.
Police have already searched the man's home but did not find him there. A manhunt for him has been initiated.
Source: Tagesschau