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Reports: Bus Driver Brings Down Suspected Explosive Drone in LeipzigMedia reports say a bus driver downed a drone at Leipzig Airport that allegedly contained explosives.
- According to media reports, a bus driver spotted a drone during his nighttime route at Leipzig Airport and brought it down himself.
- The report says the bus driver knew nothing about the suspected explosives, while the drone allegedly failed to explode because of a technical defect.
- Alexander Dobrindt described the situation on Wednesday evening as a new threat scenario, while the article says experts and interior politicians have warned of such attacks for years.
- Leipzig Airport currently lacks technical drone-defence capability, according to Wednesday evening’s press conference, with the necessary systems reportedly being procured.
Germany is no longer truly at peace, but not yet at war either.— Friedrich Merz; quoted in the article as saying Germany is not yet at peace nor at war.
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