Six men held in Germany over alleged plan to sabotage power lines

Authorities in Germany say they've detained six males on suspicion of planning to sabotage overhead energy traces to disrupt the nation’s electrical energy provide.

Police stated a whole bunch of officers on Wednesday raided residences that had been linked to the lads within the southeastern city of Neumarkt.

Officers discovered a number of unlawful weapons and rifles, in addition to tens of hundreds of rounds of ammunition, police stated.

Bavaria state police stated the behaviour of the suspects -- aged between 34 and 59 -- indicated they belonged to the “prepper” scene, a free motion of people that imagine in making ready for societal collapse.

“There have up to now been no concrete indications of terrorist motivations or a terrorist organisation,” German police stated on Thursday.

Bavaria’s high safety official, Joachim Herrmann, stated the police operation had dealt “a sore blow to a gaggle with reckless and anti-constitutional goals.”

“Because of resolute police work, deliberate acts of sabotage on main energy traces had been efficiently prevented."

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