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Attack on the “nervous system of the republic”: After two acts of sabotage, long-distance rail traffic in northern Germany came to a standstill at the weekend.
(Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa)
Security researcher Norbert Gebbeken from the Bundeswehr University Neubiberg sees an urgent need for action after the disaster in the Ahr Valley and the recent sabotage attacks – and calls for a higher authority.
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Daniela Bode, Neubiberg
The sabotage of rail traffic in northern Germany at the weekend. Before that, the attack on the gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Both incidents show that the critical infrastructure in Germany and Europe is vulnerable. Norbert Gebbeken is spokesman and founder of the Risk Research Center at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Neubiberg, which conducts interdisciplinary research on urban and critical infrastructures, among other things. In an interview with the SZ, the emeritus professor calls for a higher authority and explains whether we also have to fear paralyzed power grids or food shortages.
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