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Police search for power saboteur Daniel V.

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There are attacks on the power grid in Germany. The police search for a man. His name is Daniel V. He is 48 years old. He comes from the town of Gevelsberg. The man builds bombs for power poles. The police find 21 such devices in Sachsen. A fire starts at an Um-Spann-Werk in Berlin. An Um-Spann-Werk distributes power.

Daniel V. writes letters to newspapers. He says that coal power is a crime. He wants to protect nature. But he uses violence for this. He shoots wires over cables. This causes a Kurz-Schluss. Parts of a power plant fail in Bergheim because of this. There is no big power outage. Experts stop this.

The police search for the man everywhere now. There are operations in Wuppertal and in the Hambacher Forst. Police officers also use helicopters. The police find notes in his truck. He plans attacks in the Netherlands too. Investigators believe he works alone. He has mental health issues. The search continues with high pressure.

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Definitions

Um-Spann-Werk
An Um-Spann-Werk distributes power.
Kurz-Schluss
A Kurz-Schluss stops normal power flow.

People

Daniel V.
Daniel V. is a man from Gevelsberg.

Locations

Sachsen
Sachsen is a place in Germany.
Wuppertal
Wuppertal is a city in Germany.
Gevelsberg
Gevelsberg is a town in Germany.

Sources

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