SCHKEUDITZ, Germany, Oct 18 (Reuters) – German police were investigating a breach at the Leipzig/Halle airport after a vehicle appeared to have broken through a fence and driven a few metres before exiting, a Leipzig police spokesperson said on Sunday. • The spokesperson, briefing journalists after police spent the day searching the scene, said authorities […]
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German police investigate fence breach at Leipzig airport
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SCHKEUDITZ, Germany, Oct 18 (Reuters) – German police were investigating a breach at the Leipzig/Halle airport after a vehicle appeared to have broken through a fence and driven a few metres before exiting, a Leipzig police spokesperson said on Sunday.
• The spokesperson, briefing journalists after police spent the day searching the scene, said authorities had not yet found the vehicle and were still trying to determine whether the breach was an accident or a crime
• In August, investigators discovered an explosive-laden drone near a runway at the airport, an event that German officials later said Russia was responsible for. Russia has denied the allegations
• One runway had been closed but was again operating, the police spokesperson said
• German police first responded to the breach late on Saturday evening
• Leipzig police said they had not found suspicious objects or unauthorized people
• Officers on Sunday could be seen inspecting the area around a large break in the chain-link and barbed-wire fence
(Reporting by Susanne Neumayer-Remter, Tanya Wood and Tom Sims; Editing by Saad Sayeed, Elaine Hardcastle and Jan Harvey)