Brandenburg power grid targeted in sabotage attack, state minister says

Brandenburg power grid targeted in sabotage attack, state minister says

​The power ‌grid in ​the eastern German state ‌of Brandenburg was the target of sabotage, said ‌the state interior minister ‌on Tuesday, after an unexploded incendiary device that ⁠caused ​a ⁠brief power cut and damaged power ⁠lines was discovered.

The ​minister, Jan Redmann, added ⁠that authorities were searching the ⁠site, ​and the number of devices ⁠found, currently in the double ⁠digits, ⁠was still rising.

(Writing by Miranda Murray, ‌editing ‌by Kirsti ​Knolle)

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