Overview
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced a €1,000,000 reward and a citywide public manhunt using posters, U-Bahn ads and police handouts to generate tips.
- Investigators report no decisive lead so far and the perpetrators of the January attack remain unidentified.
- Authorities are assessing possible involvement of the so-called Vulkangruppen, but responsibility has not been verified.
- The sabotage cut power to around 45,000 households, forced about 2,200 businesses to close and disrupted hospitals and care facilities.
- The ministry plans to bolster Verfassungsschutz staffing focused on left-wing extremism; the reward far exceeds past offers such as the €100,000 posted after the 2016 Breitscheidplatz case.