German police found explosives at a suspect's location in North Rhine-Westphalia following sabotage attempts against the energy supply. ^[1] North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said on 2026-09-04 that there were clear explosive finds in the apartment of a 48-year-old suspect in Gevelsberg. ^[2] German authorities said they believe a militant climate activist was behind a spate of sabotage attacks on the power grid and are hunting the 48-year-old suspect. ^[3] Reul said on 2026-09-04 that the suspect's confession letter is authentic. ^[4] Alexander Dobrindt, Germany's interior minister, said authorities must assume the attacks were a case of climate extremism. ^[5] German officials said the man is thought to have sent letters confessing to the attacks on power lines, and suspected explosive materials were found during searches of his home in Gevelsberg. ^[6] Germany experienced several attacks and attempted attacks on electricity substations in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg, where firework-like devices launched wires across high-voltage lines in an apparent attempt to cause short-circuits and cut power from nearby coal-fired power stations. ^[7] Armin Schuster, interior minister of Saxony, said on 2026-06-06 evening that police had found four explosive devices at two sites in the Lusatial ignum mining area and were neutralizing them. ^[8] Herbert Reul, interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, said on the same day that police raided the vehicle of a 48-year-old man from Gevelsberg at the Hombacher Forst mine, and that the man is now believed to be on foot. ^[9] On 2026-06-03, an attacker or attackers targeted a substation near the Jänschwalde power plant in Brandenburg with homemade devices resembling New Year rockets, and another substation in Bergheim was attacked the same day. ^[10]