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Explosive drone at German airport 'a new level of danger': minister
The discovery of an explosive drone at a German airport is being treated as a 'hybrid attack scenario' that spells 'a new level of danger' Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Wednesday.
"The incident and the technology did not point to an amateurish approach. We are dealing here with a professional hybrid threat scenario"
"All the speculation ... about the explosives, the construction, the question of the drone ... is now part of the investigation."
"it would be short-sighted to believe that this form of threat ... can be combated or countered with simple measures."
"We are dealing with a competition here which may also include foreign powers. This will be part of the investigations."
Police found, defused and later destroyed the drone at Leipzig-Halle airport.
Germany is on high alert "for espionage, sabotage and disinformation, particularly from Russia."
Dobrindt "in June opened a so-called Joint Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats."