German police have arrested a 48-year-old man, named by local media as Daniel V, on suspicion of orchestrating a series of sabotage attacks on the country's electricity grid. He was detained on Tuesday near the Weisweiler power plant in western Germany while allegedly carrying explosives, following several days on the run; officers also found a nearby tent rigged with further explosives and are checking the area for undiscovered devices.

The attacks, which struck high-voltage lines in Brandenburg and Saxony in eastern Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia in the west, typically involved rockets firing wires across cables to trigger short circuits, forcing some power-generating units offline. The suspect is believed to have sent handwritten confession letters, one of which reportedly gave a residential address in Gevelsberg, and explosives were also found at his flat. In Saxony alone, 21 devices were discovered near power lines last weekend, and Interior Minister Armin Schuster said the sabotage could have caused a regional blackout, though he cautioned against premature conclusions about motive.