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Rail traffic disrupted in Duisburg after suspected sabotage in cable tunnel
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Rail traffic in Duisburg was disrupted by a suspected sabotage incident involving a fire in a cable tunnel. Authorities are investigating.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Rail traffic in and around the western German city of Duisburg faced significant disruptions on Thursday after a fire broke out in a cable tunnel, in what authorities suspect was an act of sabotage, police said.
Investigators ruled out accidental causes and said the state security division was investigating the incident "in all directions." No injuries were reported.
According to the daily newspaper Bild, citing news agency DPA, an ignition device was allegedly placed in the tunnel, causing damage to about 60 meters of cable that will need replacement.
(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa, editing by Kirsti Knolle)
The disruption was caused by a fire that broke out in a cable tunnel, which authorities suspect was due to sabotage.
No injuries were reported as a result of the fire in the cable tunnel.
Investigators have ruled out accidental causes and are looking into the incident from all directions, focusing on the suspected ignition device.
About 60 meters of cable was damaged in the fire and will need to be replaced.
The state security division is involved in the investigation of the incident.
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