Search continues for suspect in attacks on Germany’s power network

The search for a 48-year-old man suspected of attempting to sabotage Germany’s power network continued Sunday, with police following leads from the public.

“The search is ongoing,” a spokesperson for the Cologne police responsible for the case said in the morning. “Tips have come in and we are following them up.” Police published two photographs of the suspect from Gevelsberg, in the southern Ruhr region, on Saturday.

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The search is ongoing.

The suspected acts have focused on North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and, most recently, Saxony. All three states still mine and burn lignite coal for electricity.

Officers found explosives at the suspect’s apartment in Gevelsberg on Friday. Later that day, a special operations unit raided a truck near the Hambach open-cast mine in Niederzier. The vehicle appeared to have been converted into a motorhome, but the wanted man was not inside.

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Tips have come in and we are following them up.