By Christian Bart
After the sabotage of Deutsche Bahn cables, the Berlin police are now looking for witnesses and may have a hot lead.
Investigators from the federal police secured DNA material at the crime scene in Neu-Hohenschönhausen, reports Der Spiegel. However, it is currently still unclear whether it came from the perpetrators or from railway employees.
DB employees had already begun to repair the damage when federal police officers arrived at the scene on Saturday morning. Important traces could have been lost.
The perpetrators severed important fiber optic cables in Dortmund and Hohenschönhausen on Saturday morning. A spokesman for the Federal Police in Berlin spoke to BZ of “targeted external influence” – i.e. an attack.
Shortly after 8 a.m., all rail traffic in northern Germany was stopped. Within a short time nothing worked in places at the main train station. Also complete standstill in Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein! Both in regional and long-distance traffic.
The attack on the cable happened between the S-Bahn stations Gehrenseestrasse and Hohenschönhausen.
The police ask
► Who observed people at around 6.30 a.m. on October 8 who were suspiciously staying in the Neu-Hohenschönhausen district in the area of the railway facilities or in the vicinity?
► Who else can provide relevant information on the facts?
Anyone who can provide information is asked to contact the police state security service of the State Criminal Police Office at Bayernring 44 in Tempelhof on telephone number (030) 4664 – 952444 or to contact another police station.