Within the ‘Vulkan Group’, anarchist ‘terrorists’ go to war with Elon Musk and Tesla as they spread chaos across Germany
A twisted far-left militant group has been spreading chaos across Germany for more than a decade – most recently focused on Elon Musk.
The extremist Vulkan Group claimed responsibility for the attack Arson at Tesla’s giant factory in Brandenburg, the others followed strikes on Tesla cars and charging stations.
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The Vulkangruppe, or ‘Volcano Group’, has been on Berlin’s radar since its founding in 2011.
According to a 2019 report, German authorities labeled it a left-wing extremist organization, active in the capital and Brandenburg.
Their usual method is to goal railway lines or cable ducts, data lines and radio masts.
The alleged perpetrators tend to claim responsibility in letters signed with nicknames that refer to active volcanoes in the world such as “Grimsvotn” or “Katla.”
The anarchist group was classified as ‘left-wing extremist’ in a follow-up 2021 report, which claimed they were trying to gain influence as part of the global climate movement.
It was then that the far-left group shifted its focus to Tesla with an attack that destroyed the plant’s current cables at the Gruenheide construction site in 2021.
After the recent strike on Tesla‘s EV factory, the group released a statement calling for the destruction of the site, signed “Agua De Pau”, the name of a volcanic mountain in the Azores.
TESLA INSTALLATION ATTACK
The impact set a high-voltage pylon on fire, which was devastating current failure that forced the factory to stop production.
According to Imagethe cost of the damage amounts to hundreds of millions of pounds.
In a 2,700-word statement published online, the extremist far-left group known as Vulkangruppe said: “We have Tesla Today.”
They described the hit as a gift mark international Women’s Day on the 8th of March.
The group accused the company of contaminating drinking water and blaming it Tesla boss, 52, for ‘militarizing the road’ using cars as a ‘weapon’.
“Together we will bring Tesla to its knees. Switch off for Tesla,” their statement reads.
Previous attacks include the damage of a current cable in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 2018.
In 2020, the group claimed responsibility for burning a cable shaft, stating that the goal was the Heinrich Hertz Institute.
At the time, the institute was involved in the development of a Covid app.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE VOLCANO
Extremism expert Felix Neumann explains how the anarchist’s group post goal is to underline “how fragile communications and public life are.”
He told Taggeschau: “The group also wants to draw attention to the fact that everything is vulnerable.
“That’s why they choose targets that cause power or telecommunications disruptions, not only for large companies like Tesla, but also for the nearby population.”
While according to the 2019 Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the group’s aim is to disrupt public order.
A statement reads: “In this way, the functioning of ‘everyday capitalist life’ is intended to be disrupted and people are forced to take a break.”
And it appears the extremist group is bizarrely changing its name depending on the goal.
In Tuesday’s attack, it called itself “Volcanic Group Shutting Down Tesla,” while in the past it has used “Volcanic Group Against the Progress of Destruction” and “Volcanic Group Shutting Down Power.”
There are several theories behind why the group is choosing to change its name, Neumann claims.
He explains: “This could mean that it is the same group under a different name.
“But it may also be that there is new leadership within this group, who wants to place new emphasis with this new name.”
Little is known about the group’s members or organizational structure.
Based on their letters claiming responsibility for the attacks, officials believe the statements were written by a “(partially) identical group of authors.”
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