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- An investigation team is searching for a possible second drone that is believed to have hit a plane midair
- German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described what happened as “a hybrid attack scenario”
- Western officials have repeatedly accused Russia and its proxies of staging attacks and other incidents across Europe
Here is a roundup of top stories from and about Germany on Thursday, August 6, 2026:
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Skip next section Search continues after explosive drone found at Leipzig airport08/06/2026August 6, 2026
Search continues after explosive drone found at Leipzig airport
Investigators are continuing their work at Leipzig/Halle Airport a day after a drone carrying an explosive device was discovered on one of its runways.
Saxony’s State Criminal Police Office said the search for a second unidentified object would resume on Thursday morning.
The explosive-laden drone was found overnight Tuesday into Wednesday on the airport’s southern runway, according to investigators.
Security sources said it was lying near a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 Condor transport aircraft. Federal police specialists later defused the explosive device.
Investigators are also looking into a suspected second flying object that may have struck a cargo aircraft after it aborted its landing because of the runway closure.
Minor damage was discovered after the aircraft landed in Hanover.
Saxony Interior Minister Armin Schuster said authorities were still searching for parts of a possible second drone.
To read more about Wednesday’s drone developments, click here.
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Richard Connor | Roshni Majumdar Editor
Guten Tag from DW’s newsroom in Bonn.
You join us in the aftermath of an explosive-laden drone being discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Police in the eastern state of Saxony say the search is underway for a second unidentified object that may have struck a cargo aircraft after it aborted its landing because of the initial drone discovery.
Germany’s interior minister, who has warned that we may be seeing a new level of threat, even cut short a vacation in Italy to keep up with developments in a top-level security briefing.
Stay with us here for these stories and more of the things that Germany is talking about today.
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