Power-grid sabotage: suspect may have fled on bicycle in Potsdam
Police are searching for a 48-year-old from Gevelsberg, who is suspected of carrying out sabotage attacks on the power grid. According to Brandenburg authorities, he may be travelling by bicycle.
Large-scale manhunt for suspected power-grid saboteur under way in several federal states
Police are conducting an intensive search for a 48-year-old from Gevelsberg in the southern Ruhr area, who is suspected of carrying out sabotage attacks on the German power grid. According to tagesspiegel.de, Brandenburg police have released new information: the suspect could be on the run with a Trenoli brand bicycle, model "Tazio Sportivo M", frame size 56 centimetres. A photograph of a black bicycle was attached to the statement.
On Saturday, investigators released an initial wanted notice with two photographs of the suspect. "The search is ongoing," said a spokesman for the responsible Cologne police. "Leads have come in and we are following them up."
In parallel, police carried out a major operation at the Hambach Forest. In Niederzier, a special operations unit stormed a lorry that appeared to have been converted into a motorhome — the suspect was not found during the operation.
The attempted sabotage attacks have concentrated on North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and most recently Saxony — all federal states where lignite coal is still being mined and converted into electricity. Officers found explosives in the suspect's flat in Gevelsberg on Friday.
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