Yeah leftists and environmentalists famously hate railways 🤨
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2026
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These are not your run of the mill leftists. They are the kind that even tankies would consider extreme. There are people out there who reject any kind of industrialized society and want to bring it all down (even to the point of humanity's extinction), so naturally they want to damage large infrastructure like railways.
Shoddy journalism 🤦 The correct headline would be "Randos on the internet post on open website that allows anyone to post a letter claiming to be responsible for arson". This doesn't mean that they are "leftist", nor that this group even exists. And their expert source is likely some police officer that looked at the letter and said that it sounds plausible 🤦
Especially since environmentalists tend to like railways and leftists tend to not have as much of a problem with government owned companies. A more logical target would be an oil and gas pipeline, refinery or the like.
It's almost certainly Russian social media sponsored domestic terrorism, where they egg right wing idiots to act on behalf of russia with acts of sabotage, arson and terrorism.
Then a letter to deflect.
That's not catchy though. And we live in sensationalized times.
Do these angry birds not wear underwear?
Lasst mich in Ruhe mit irgendwelchen Bekennerschreiben - solange es keine Festnahmen gibt, lässt sich aus dem Schreiben maximal ableiten wen der Täter verdächtigt sehen möchte.
... oder wen der deutsche Politik- und Medienzirkus gerne als Täter hätte.
Then they said "the statement was confirmed by security circles". Which security circles? Did they ask some dubious "expert" or what? If they said the attackers were anprims, MLs or right-wingers trying to frame the left, I'd be like "yeah such groups are crazy enough to do that", but the authenticity of the statement isn't clear.
Also where the hell is Duisdorf? I only know Duisburg.
Edit: I read the statement on indymedia and they describe themselves virtually as Anprims.
Doubt an actual green radical group would attack trains just because they can. Makes no sense whatsoever. They must know it would shift people even more towards cars and short distance flights.
Ecoterrorists are fucking idiots, though. So this would actually track.