On the morning of the 8th local time, a large-scale interruption of railway transportation in northern Germany lasted for nearly three hours. German Transport Minister Vysin said that the afternoon of the same day that has determined that the incident was caused by deliberate destruction, and whether there is a political motivation behind it remains to be investigated.
0 On the morning of the 8th, railway transportation in many places such as Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein were interrupted, causing a large number of passengers to be stranded at the railway station. Deutsche Railway said passengers could choose to refund tickets and warned that although railway services were gradually restored, there would be train cancellations and delays on the same day.
German Transport Minister Vysin said that after investigation, the cause of the incident was that the railway signal cable was deliberately cut off at two locations.
German Minister of Transport Vyssin: On the morning of the 28th, the German Railway Company had to suspend all train services in the north. Long-distance passenger transport, regional passenger transport and all freight transport were affected because the railway signal cable was damaged and the cables that were crucial to railway traffic safety were deliberately cut off.
Vicsin said that is undoubtedly a purposeful malicious act . The identity and purpose of the envoy behind the scenes are still unclear, and the police are launching a criminal investigation into this.
German media reported that this sabotage operation caused the failure of voice communication and data transmission between the control center and the train, and it required certain professional knowledge to carry out this sabotage operation. After the incident, the Green Party in the German ruling coalition once again demanded funds from the Federal Defense Forces Special Fund to protect Germany's critical infrastructure.
(Original title: Large-scale interruption! A large number of passengers are stranded! German train traffic malfunction, or intentional damage)
Source: CCTV Finance
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