Leipzig drone bomb was found near Ukrainian plane carrying ammunition

A drone rigged with explosives was found at Leipzig airport near a Ukrainian aircraft loaded with military ammunition, and German officials say a catastrophe with multiple casualties may have been narrowly averted after a torn detonator kept the device from going off. A classified police report cited by public broadcasters WDR and NDR and the Süddeutsche newspaper links the device to the ammunition-laden plane, and authorities are now investigating whether a foreign state was behind the plot.

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