Bergheim sabotage probe examines possible attack against Germany’s constitutional order
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- German authorities are investigating suspected sabotage at a substation in Bergheim near Cologne as an act hostile to the constitutional order.
- Unknown individuals reportedly placed cables over an overhead line, causing a short circuit.
- North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said, “Whoever interferes there is attacking our country.”
Authorities are investigating an incident at a substation in Bergheim, near Cologne, as suspected sabotage hostile to Germany’s constitutional order.
Unknown individuals reportedly placed cables over an overhead line, causing a short circuit, North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said.
“Whoever interferes there is attacking our country,” Reul said.
Whoever interferes there is attacking our country.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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