Reference News Network, January 5 report. According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, January 4 report, Berlin Mayor Kay Wegner has characterized the major attack on Berlin's power supply system as a terrorist act. This conservative politician said to local media Berlin-Brandenburg Radio and Television channel in the evening of the 4th: "This is not just arson or deliberate sabotage, it is a terrorist act."

The report said that Wegner stated that an left-wing extremist organization's attack on infrastructure has endangered the lives of people, including elderly people who may need ventilators and families with young children.

He added: "We must immediately catch these criminals."

Currently, the Berlin police, the Berlin Criminal Police Office, and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution have been involved in the investigation.

Wegner said: "We are also maintaining contact with the Federal Criminal Police Office and the federal government level, because this is no small matter, but a terrorist attack." He emphasized that at the moment, we must increase efforts and fully focus on capturing the perpetrators.

On the 4th, thousands of households in southwest Berlin have restored power. The power outage incident on the 3rd affected about 45,000 households and more than 2,200 businesses.

The local power operator Berlin Grid announced that about 14,000 households and nearly 500 commercial users have restored power, and several large hospitals have also reconnected to the grid.

It is said that the involved organization issued a long statement titled "Cutting off the power supply of the ruling class," claiming to have carried out the grid attack on the 3rd.

The organization stated in the statement: "The goal of this action was not to cause a power outage, but to target the fossil fuel industry." (Translated by Wu Mei)

January 3, in Berlin, Germany, police and emergency personnel investigated the fire scene. On the 3rd, the Berlin police and Berlin Grid reported that a fire occurred on a suspension bridge over the Teltow Canal in southern Berlin, causing damage to multiple cables leading to the nearby Lichtenfelde power plant, resulting in a power outage in most areas of southwest Berlin, including Wannsee, Zehlendorf, and Lichtenfelde. (Xinhua News Agency)

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