Top German prosecutor leads drone probe in suspected attack on national security
Federal prosecutors say the drone carried explosives and a detonator, and investigators are also examining a second object that may have struck a cargo jet.
- On Wednesday, authorities discovered a drone carrying an explosive device at Leipzig and Halle airport, a major hub for DHL and Antonov Airlines, causing flight suspensions and triggering a national security investigation.
- Several aircraft were diverted on Tuesday after a second, unidentified flying object appeared shortly before midnight; a DHL cargo aircraft struck the unknown object during go-around, landing safely in Hanover roughly 125 miles northwest.
- The Central Office for Extremism Saxony and state counter-terrorism officers assumed control, removing the detonator from the drone. A technical defect prevented the explosive from detonating, according to investigators.
- German airports remain on high alert following unauthorized drone overflights at military and logistics sites, as Federal police officials indicated these incidents could have been organized by Russian agents.
- European security agencies previously investigated 2024 incendiary devices found in freight shipments across the continent. Russia has denied any involvement in those incidents or the more recent overflights.
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German government uses discovery of drone in Leipzig to escalate war on Russia
The discovery of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport, along with the provocative and irresponsible reactions to it, show just how close Germany is to a direct war with Russia, a nuclear-armed power.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jae-woo = U.S. intelligence authorities suspect that the explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig-Halle Airport in Germany is highly likely to be linked to the Russian government...
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Jyllands-PostenRussia denies involvement in drone at German airport, calls accusations anti-Russian hysteria.
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Germany holds security meeting over explosive drone amid Russia protest
While Germany has not blamed anyone for the incident at Leipzig-Halle airport in the early hours of Wednesday, the Russian embassy in Berlin called the discovery a deliberate "provocation" set up to blame Moscow. Leipzig airport is a strategic hub for military and logistics transport and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has called the discovery "a hybrid attack" that spelled "a new level of danger". Dobrindt said a "foreign power" may have b…
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