One-sentence summary: A radical Antifa cell sabotaged a key power line in Berlin, plunging tens of thousands into darkness and cold during freezing weather.
On Saturday morning, a terrorist attack targeted a major power transmission line in the German capital, leaving tens of thousands of residents without electricity—and in some areas without heating—during a severe cold spell, according to Tagesspiegel.
Responsibility was claimed by a radical German Antifa group calling itself “Vulkan.” In a manifesto published after the attack, the extremists described the arson as an “act of self-defense” and framed it as a protest against fossil fuels and the expansion of artificial intelligence.
The attackers set fire to a cable bridge crossing the Teltow Canal near the Lichterfelde power plant in Berlin. Incendiary devices were reportedly placed beneath the cables, causing a prolonged, high-temperature blaze. The damaged wires were then deliberately short-circuited using metal rods to intensify the destruction.