Spain opens SABOTAGE probe into power outage as timeline shows 2 mysterious ‘events’ led to Europe’s biggest blackout

SPAIN has launched a sabotage investigation into the devastating power outages based on two mysterious “events”.

The national grid released a timeline of the blackout that has set alarm bells ringing – with cyberterrorism being considered.

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Travellers were stranded amid travel chaos[/caption]

Red Electrica, Spain’s electricity board, produced a report showing a power-loss event at 12:33pm – followed by another just 1.5 seconds later.

And the network between Spain and France went down 3.5 seconds after that.

Based on the information, National Court judge José Luis Calama opened up an investigation to determine whether sabotage and cyberterrorism were at play.

He demanded a more detailed preliminary report from the grid and investigators within ten days.