Attack on German Rail Network ‘Targeted, Professional,’ Police Say
- Cables were deliberately cut at two different locations
- No one has claimed the attack and no suspects indentified
Cables next to railway tracks at the spot in Hohenschoenhausen district, on Oct. 9.
Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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The severing of cables that disrupted train travel in Germany on Saturday was highly “professional,” and illustrates how vulnerable the country’s infrastructure is to sabotage, the head of the country’s police union said, according to RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.
“This was a targeted and professional attack on the railroads,” Andreas Rosskopf, the chairman of the main police union, told RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.