Inside Germany’s far-left war on infrastructure – POLITICO
Later, an outfit calling itself the Volcano Group claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement published online, it dismissed sympathy for the residents of the affluent neighborhoods affected. There was no mention of the people whose lives it put at risk that morning. Germany’s federal prosecutor is now investigating the incident, and has informed Thomsen that he will be interviewed about his experience. For investigators, the Volcano Group’s claim was both familiar and frustrating. The name had appeared repeatedly over the past decade in connection with acts of sabotage against rail networks, power lines and the construction site of Tesla’s first European gigafactory. The German Interior Ministry attributes at least 13 attacks to the group, but investigators believe that it is less an organization than a label — one adopted by different perpetrators. Authorities suspect the January blackout is linked to a similar attack in September 2025, when unknown perpetrators set fire to two power pylons in southeast Berlin’s Johannisthal municipality. Their target was the electricity supply to the Adlershof technology park, one of …
