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Defense Ministry spokesperson Arne Collatz mentioned there have been suspicions of tried or precise unlawful entry, in addition to sabotage, on the Wahn barracks exterior Cologne.
A gap was discovered in a single day within the fence of the ability in an space close to its waterworks, and officers could not rule out contamination, army spokesperson Ulrich Fonrobert mentioned. The barracks was sealed off for a number of hours in case a perpetrator or perpetrators had been on the grounds, however none was discovered and the gates had been reopened Wednesday lunchtime.
Speaking exterior the barracks, Fonrobert mentioned the alarm had been triggered by a report of “irregular water values,” on which he did not elaborate. An analysis of the ability’s ingesting water was nonetheless ongoing.
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Officials weren’t conscious of anybody having been sickened by any doable contamination. Fonrobert mentioned that one particular person reported sick with a abdomen bug, however that occurred early Tuesday night and was unlinked to the water provide.
“We have our causes for taking this motion, and we take the case significantly,” a spokesperson for the Territorial Command in Berlin mentioned, in line with Reuters.
Der Spiegel journal reported that police and the German army’s counter-intelligence service had been investigating the obvious break-in.
The Cologne-Wahn base, positioned close to Cologne-Bonn airport, homes a number of army and civilian services of the German armed forces in addition to plane utilized by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his ministers for presidency journey.
Some 4,300 troopers and 1,200 civilians work on the web site, in line with Spiegel.
The base can be an necessary hub for army help for Ukraine. Ukrainian troopers usually fly house from there, through Poland, after receiving coaching in Germany, Spiegel added.
AFP contributed to this report.
