00:00German Chancellor Friedrich Maas has warned the people behind hybrid attacks against his country
00:05as investigators widened the probe into suspected sabotage at Leipzig Hall Airport using drones.
00:21Investigators found a third drone on August 14, ten days after an earlier incident involving a drone found near a
00:27Ukrainian cargo plane.
00:28They also found around 50 grams of suspected military explosive near the airport.
00:34Beyond the airport, officers also found a possible drone control device, an antenna and electronic components attached to a tree,
00:42along with scorched earth and metal fragments that could indicate a blast site.
00:46The initial incident on 5 August caused flight diversions after an unidentified flying object was spotted near the airport.
00:54X-ray analysis later identified it as a drone.
00:57German authorities have repeatedly suspected Russia of orchestrating drone incidents as part of sabotage, espionage and disinformation campaigns,
01:06although Moscow has denied involvement.
01:08Germany's Air Navigation Service recorded 144 drones overflights last year, including 35 around Frankfurt Airport.
01:17Germany's Air Navigation Service
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