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Homemade explosives found near German power plant, causing material damage

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Police found homemade explosive devices near a power plant in eastern Germany, close to the Polish border.
  • The devices did not explode, no one was injured and electricity service was not interrupted.
  • Police reported material damage to a pipe at a transformer substation.

Homemade explosive devices were found Tuesday near a power plant in eastern Germany, close to the Polish border, according to police in Brandenburg.

The devices did not explode, and police said no one was injured. Electricity supplies also continued without disruption.

They did not explode, nobody was injured and we had no problems with the electricity.

— Brandenburg police spokeswomanThe spokeswoman described the immediate impact of the devices found near the power plant.

A police spokeswoman said investigators had nevertheless recorded “material damage” to a pipe at a transformer substation. The discovery and the damage occurred near the power facility, but the available details do not identify those responsible or explain the circumstances.

material damage

— Brandenburg police spokeswomanShe used the phrase to describe damage to a pipe at a transformer substation.
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