Explosive Devices Found in Saxony After Attacks on Power Lines

Four unidentified explosive devices have been secured at two sites in Saxony as police investigate a series of attacks and attempted attacks on Germany's power supply.

Saxony Interior Minister Armin Schuster said officers found the objects during an operation that was still under way. Police were preparing to defuse them, he said. The discoveries followed clues contained in a claim of responsibility, after which authorities began intensive searches on Thursday.

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The police forces have secured four objects at two sites during the ongoing operation and are now preparing to defuse them.

The Görlitz police directorate confirmed an operation north of Bautzen. Authorities in Saxony were coordinating closely with other affected German states, Schuster said.

The investigation follows an attack on the power supply near the Jänschwalde power plant in Brandenburg on Tuesday morning, as well as several attempted acts of sabotage against energy infrastructure in Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia.

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The Saxony security authorities are in close coordination with all other affected states.