Sabotage in Bergheim: Investigations after short circuit at the transformer station

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A short circuit was triggered at a substation in Bergheim near Cologne by throwing cables onto an overhead line, which is being investigated as unconstitutional sabotage. Interior Minister Herbert Reul suspects foreign-state-directed sabotage or far-left extremism and is examining possible connections to similar incidents in Brandenburg. Although there were system failures at the energy supplier Amprion and RWE Power, Amprion emphasized that the general power supply was not affected at any point. The police have cordoned off the area and launched intensive investigations, while a helicopter circled over the site of the incident.