'Intentional, willful and malicious': 40K without power after substation attacks in Moore County

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5. the perpetrator or perpetrators of the sabotage "knew exactly what they were doing."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/major-power-outage-after-vandals-sabotage-multiple-electrical-substations/ar-AA14TGT6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ea9b83a0938d44c7b99873717b151a20

Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said at a news conference Sunday that the perpetrator or perpetrators of the sabotage "knew exactly what they were doing." He said multiple shots were fired at each of the damaged substations and a gate was rammed open at one of the properties to reach the target. Fields added, "this was targeted. It wasn't random."

Mike Cameron, Southern Pines' assistant town manager and fire chief, told the Raleigh News and Observer said several vehicle accidents were being blamed on the power outage, including a multiple car crash that injured several people at an intersection in Southern Pines.

"The car wreck was totally because the stop lights were out," Cameron told the News and Observer.

Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina, also lost power and was forced to switch to its backup generator, officials said.

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