Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees ‘new quality’ of threat

A forensic technician works alongside a bomb-disposal robot near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where a drone with an explosive device was found and a detonator was removed from the object, in Schkeuditz, Germany, Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026.

Regional police and prosecutors said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport’s south runway with “an unknown explosive device,” and the object was examined by police

(Image credit: Hendrik Schmidt)

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