In the case of the train sabotage in Germany over the weekend, state security in Bochum assumes a “politically motivated act”. “We have formed a larger state security investigation group that is doing everything it can to clarify the background of the crime,” a police spokesman said Monday morning.
On Saturday morning, the cable infrastructure of the railways in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia was heavily damaged and train traffic in northern Germany was temporarily cancelled. German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) spoke of sabotage.
Inside information about the railway
Much is still unclear in the complex case. According to estimates from safety circles, the procedure requires prior knowledge of the track. The fact that no claim has been filed so far speaks to perpetrators from the far-left scene, who are blamed for attacks on the railway in the past.
Speculation about attack by Russia
Security expert Peter Neumann also thinks an attack by Russia is possible. “Russia has an interest in causing panic in Europe and signaling that it can paralyze life very violently,” the scientist told RTL. But of course there is no clear evidence for this. “At the moment it is still a theory.”
Emergency concept “optimally utilized”
At least from Deutsche Bahn’s point of view, the group’s emergency concepts worked “optimally”. “Our teams restored radio traffic just three hours after the outage,” long-distance transport director Michael Peterson said Monday. “That’s very, very good, and they deserve a big thank you.” The trains could have run again on Saturday morning. However, the effects in the form of delays and cancellations were felt much longer throughout the long-haul network.
Numerous travelers were stranded at train stations over the weekend. In the north, train traffic was completely stopped for almost three hours on Saturday morning. During the day, Deutsche Bahn reported that the disruptions had been resolved. After that, train traffic gradually returned to normal.
Source: Krone
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