Drone sighting: Drone sighting over military base in North Rhine-Westphalia
Two drones appear at night over the German military base in Mechernich. The police have started investigations. The incident follows a suspected sabotage case in Leipzig.
Two drones were spotted over a military base in Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia. At around 10 pm on Thursday evening, the security center of the Bundeswehr base in Mechernich reported that two drones had been discovered over the site, a spokeswoman for the Operations Command of the Bundeswehr confirmed upon request. The "Süddeutsche Zeitung", "NDR" and "WDR" had reported on this first.
Military police had investigated the incident, the spokeswoman continued. The case had been handed over to the Euskirchen police, which had launched an investigation. The police initially made no statement about the incident.
Drone incident at Leipzig Airport
At Leipzig/Halle Airport, a drone equipped with explosives and a detonator had been discovered late on Tuesday evening near Ukrainian transport aircraft. An airport employee brought it down. Because the runway was closed, an incoming cargo plane had to take off again and collided with an unknown smaller flying object, possibly a second drone.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office has taken charge of the investigation. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) spoke of a hybrid attack scenario that was carried out by highly professional perpetrators. He does not rule out "foreign powers" as the masterminds.
Translated by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report; automated translation may contain errors. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
