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In the early morning hours of August 21st, the electric power grid was targeted in what appears to have been a deliberate, decidedly low-tech act of terrorism.
The incident was initially described in media reports as something akin to vandalism involving a severed transmission line. It wasnt vandalism and there was nothing random about it.
On August 23, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for a downed high-tension power transmission line in central Arkansas near the city of Cabot.
The FBI goes on to describe the likely culprit as familiar with the Holland Bottoms area and possessing above-average knowledge or skill in electrical matters.
The incident was initially described in media reports as something akin to vandalism involving a severed transmission line. It wasnt vandalism and there was nothing random about it.
On August 23, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for a downed high-tension power transmission line in central Arkansas near the city of Cabot.
As the Cabot community is aware, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, a high-voltage transmission line in the Holland Bottoms area, on Arkansas Highway 321 near a Union Pacific UNP +0.31% railroad track, was intentionally downed. The FBI . . . investigation has determined that the person(s) responsible attached a cable to the framework of the 100-foot tower and placed the cable across the railroad track in an apparent attempt to utilize a moving train to bring down the tower . . . We believe that someone may have seen a person(s) or vehicle(s) in the area during the early morning hours of August 21, 2013, or may have heard someone removing bolts from the base of the tower, as this act would have created substantial noise.
The FBI goes on to describe the likely culprit as familiar with the Holland Bottoms area and possessing above-average knowledge or skill in electrical matters.
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