Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Germany Finds 21 Explosive Devices Near Electricity Grid
Police in Saxony, Germany, found 21 homemade explosive devices near high-voltage power lines.
They were near the Graustein substation in the Görlitz district.
Nine devices were found over the weekend, bringing the total to 21.
Authorities are investigating after attacks on the electricity grid last week.
Police are looking for a man who sent letters claiming responsibility, but he has not been found.
A separate fire at a transformer substation in Berlin was investigated, but initial findings blamed a technical fault.
In Wesel, police assessed another substation after its fence was cut open.
Germany has also formally blamed Russia for an earlier drone attack near Leipzig/Halle, though the report does not attribute the newly found devices to Russia.
Authorities in Saxony found nine additional homemade explosive devices near high-voltage power lines, bringing the total to 21.
The devices were discovered near the Graustein substation in the eastern German district of Görlitz.
Police are searching for a man who sent letters claiming responsibility for recent power-grid sabotage; he remains at large.
Initial findings indicated that a separate transformer-substation fire in Berlin was caused by a technical fault.
Police in Wesel also began assessment operations after finding that a transformer-substation security fence had been cut open.
- Who
- Police and prosecutors in Saxony, along with investigators in Berlin and Wesel; an unidentified man is being sought.
- What
- Authorities found 21 explosive devices during investigations into suspected attacks and sabotage involving Germany’s electricity grid.
- When
- Nine additional devices were found over the weekend; the investigation followed incidents last week, with separate reports dated Monday, September 7.
- Where
- Near the Graustein substation in Saxony’s Görlitz district, as well as substations in Berlin and Wesel.
- Why
- Authorities are investigating possible sabotage of critical electricity infrastructure.
Investigators’ Position
Unidentified Claimant’s Position
Responsibility for the grid incidents
Investigators’ Position
Police and prosecutors are investigating the devices and recent power-grid attacks; the report does not identify a confirmed perpetrator for the newly found explosives.
Unidentified Claimant’s Position
An unidentified man sent letters claiming responsibility for a series of power-grid sabotage attacks, but he remains at large and the claim has not been independently confirmed.
- Total devices found
- 21 explosive devices
- Additional devices
- Nine found over the weekend
- Main discovery site
- Near high-voltage power lines south of the Graustein substation
- District and state
- Görlitz district, Saxony, eastern Germany
- Suspect status
- A man who claimed responsibility in letters remains at large
- Berlin substation fire
- Initial findings indicated a technical fault
- Wesel incident
- A transformer-substation security fence was found cut open