Security: Dobrindt travels to Leipzig due to drone find - police investigate aircraft
Near a Ukrainian Antonov aircraft, police discovered a drone at Leipzig Airport. Apparently, explosives and detonators were attached to it. Investigations are ongoing.
Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt visited Leipzig after a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig Airport, prompting the police to investigate a "very serious security-related incident" and a "new threat level," according to Dobrindt. This matter is not about hobbyist drone pilots accidentally straying onto airport grounds, emphasized CDU colleague Armin Schuster, the Saxon interior minister, and Saxon State Prosecutor Wolfgang Schwürzer.
On the night before Wednesday, the drone was spotted near an Antonov freight aircraft, which was safely detonated by specialists from the federal police. The authorities are also looking for parts of a potentially second drone that collided with a DHL cargo plane, causing minor damage after the runway was blocked. The Saxon Criminal Police Office and the Dresden State Prosecutor's Office have taken over the investigations, with Schwürzer noting that they are examining all angles.
Dobrindt refrained from commenting on the explosives used or the drone's possible origin, but made it clear that the perpetrators are not amateurs, requiring a high level of technical expertise and knowledge of explosives handling.
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