A radical left group claimed responsibility for the destruction of power lines that left 50,000 homes and many businesses without electricity in Berlin for two and a half days, with repairs expected to take until 2026.
A manifesto confession posted on a notorious hard left message board called electricity the primary means of support for the political system, and depriving thousands of people of power for days justifiable collateral damage.
50,000 homes in south-east Berlin and thousands of businesses woke up to a power cut on Tuesday this week so severe it took 60 hours for the energy company to get all residents back onto a stable temporary supply. This is now working well, the city says, but the work to make permanent repairs will be so great they will take months and may not be completed until 2026.
The power cut is the longest experienced in Berlin since the Second World War. While many of the systems that help deliver the modern world have built-in backups, the outage lasted so long they were exhausted, meaning even basics like the emergency telephone numbers to call the police, fire brigade, and ambulances ceased to function.
German broadsheet newspaper Die Welt said the city felt like a scene from a “apocalyptic Hollywood movie”.
