Two Suspects in Leipzig Attack Plot Identified as Trail Also Leads to Finland
- German authorities identified two suspects linked to an attempted drone attack at Leipzig and Halle Airport, according to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung; DNA evidence was reportedly utilized in the investigation.
- On Tuesday, the German government claimed Russia was behind the August 4 incident, in which an explosive-laden device was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane.
- Investigators identified one suspect as a Russian-born Latvian national and the second as a Belarusian with a Russian passport; traces matched records in Finland and Lithuania.
- Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said on Wednesday she summoned Russia's ambassador regarding the Leipzig airport incident, though German officials consider it unlikely the two suspects will be detained.
- Alexander Dobrindt warned that Germany remains a target for further hybrid attacks by Russia, while Supo, the Security and Intelligence Service in Finland, declined to comment on specific individuals.
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Two suspects in the Leipzig airport attack have been identified in Germany, who also have Russian connections.
After Germany formally accused Russia of being responsible for the unexploded drone found last month alongside a cargo plane Antonov, in Leipzig airport, two suspects were identified. The first, whose DNA was found by investigators, would be a Belarusian citizen who also owns a Russian passport and is already known for crimes committed in the Baltic countries. The Berlin authorities rebuilt its movements and its entry into the Schengen area woul…
According to the investigation, a Russian national with Latvian citizenship and a Belarusian with Russian citizenship may have been involved in the attempted sabotage of drones at Leipzig airport, and DNA samples were allowed to follow the second suspect.
Two men with ties to Russia are being identified as being behind the drone incident in Leipzig. The information comes a day after the German government publicly accused Moscow of the hybrid attack.
The German forensic police have identified the DNA of two men with Russian passport, suspected of bringing an explosive drone to Leipzig airport, in an attempt to attack Russia on Tuesday by Berlin, write three German publications quoted by AFP. According to the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and the regional public audiovisual groups NDR and WDR, ...
A DNA sample found at the crime scene produced a match in the Finnish registry, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.
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