In some cases it was thought that the water source had been intentionally contaminated. During a regime inspection on Thursday, a gap was discovered in the fence of the Christoph Probst barracks in the Bavarian town of Garching, near Munich, Bild reported. quoting an army spokesperson. The facility also houses the Central Medical Service Institute and a military hospital, RT reported.
The spokesperson added that there is no evidence that anyone gained access to buildings on the facility’s grounds.
Authorities also did not discover any connection to the possible sabotage of the drinking water fountain at the air force barracks near Cologne this week, adding that the water at the facility was safe. At the time, the army said the water source at the Cologne base had been “interrupted because the drinking water formula had values. “
As in Garching, the alarm was raised when a guard discovered a gap in the fence near the water treatment plant in the barracks compound. A quick search for the intruders was unsuccessful. After an investigation, the government proved that the water was drinkable.
A similar suspicious incident also occurred on Tuesday at NATO’s Geilenkirchen air base in the west of the country, which is home to several reconnaissance aircraft. A NATO spokesman told Bild that security personnel at the facility arrested a guy who was trying to enter the base illegally and added that the fence was not damaged. Since the attempted intrusion came after the Cologne incident, the government inspected the water source in Geilenkirchen, but no anomalies were found.
A breach was also discovered in the fence surrounding the central drinking water source in the western Germany city of Mechernich on Thursday. An investigation showed that the water was not contaminated, the incident caused thousands of citizens to be pleaded not to use the water, not even for showering, while the investigation was being carried out.