Germany Probes 2 Drones Over Military Base After Explosive Drone Found at Leipzig Hub
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 8
Germany Probes 2 Drones Over Military Base After Explosive Drone Found at Leipzig Hub
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 8
Summary
Two drones were spotted over the Bundeswehr base in Mechernich around 10 p.m. Thursday, and military police were sent to the site after security surveillance confirmed the sighting.
Euskirchen police opened an investigation as the overflight came just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found and defused at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the Leipzig case a “new quality of danger” because the airport is a major freight hub that also supports Ukraine and NATO airlift operations.
A 2024 incendiary device fire at Leipzig/Halle was part of a plot Western officials suspect was organized by Russian intelligence, while Moscow has rejected the latest accusations as anti-Russian hysteria.