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full screen Diesel theft risks hitting socially important infrastructure. Stock Photography. Photo: Michael Probst / AP / TT
Diesel thieves have targeted communication masts in western Sweden, which use generators in the event of a power outage.
– It is serious if the mobile phone network is switched off and there is no reserve force that can keep it going, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson at the police, to Göteborgs-Posten, and continues:
– Then it can pose a direct danger to life and societal functions can be partially eliminated if these functions do not work in society.