Overview
- Thousands in southwest Berlin remain without electricity and heat, with operator Stromnetz Berlin keeping the timeline for full reconnection to Thursday after reconnecting roughly 14,000 households.
- Emergency support from THW and the Bundeswehr continues, including generators, diesel and staffing to keep care facilities running, while shelters and warming spaces serve affected residents and around 20 schools stayed closed.
- The Berlin General Prosecutor is leading the probe, the Federal Public Prosecutor is reviewing a takeover, and police say extensive evidence work is underway with witness interviews and video analysis.
- City leaders, including the mayor and interior senator, describe the attack as terrorism, but civil-rights lawyers and legal experts dispute that the case meets Germany’s §129a terrorism threshold.
- Debate over infrastructure protection and crisis readiness has intensified after earlier warnings from the Berlin Court of Auditors, as parts of transport and mobile networks experienced disruptions during the blackout.