Berlin suffers attack on power infrastructure

Electricity has been restored to thousands of households in the southwest of the German capital, Berlin, after a power outage hit some 45,000 homes and 2,220 businesses on Saturday, the grid operator said on Sunday.

The local electricity operator Stromnetz Berlin reported that power has been restored to about 14,000 households and nearly 500 commercial customers. Several large hospitals were also back online.

Earlier, Stromnetz Berlin said it could take until Thursday afternoon to remedy the problem completely with thousands remaining without electricity in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

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