Germany news: Arson suspected in large-scale power outage
Key takeaways
- Around 10,000 households in the southwestern city of Reutlingen have been affected by the outage, which is reminiscent of far-left arson attacks in Berlin last year.
- Hoffmann defeated Stefan Hartung of the far-right Freien Sachsen ("Free Saxons") party in the run-off vote, after Hartung had won the first round on May 10.
- Hartung, a member of the city council and the district council, was still leading the tally on Sunday until postal votes were counted, when Hoffmann overtook him to win by the narrowest of margins.
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Around 10,000 households in the southwestern city of Reutlingen have been affected by the outage, which is reminiscent of far-left arson attacks in Berlin last year. DW has more.
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