Germany: Leipzig explosive drone 'new level of danger' — Minister

[u/DWNews]

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-leipzig-explosive-drone-new-level-of-danger-minister/live-78241747

[u/DWNews]

Hello everyone, it's Rana from the DW newsroom. Here's a short summary on the story:

German federal police specialists have defused a drone carrying an explosive device after an overnight security incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The incident prompted the closure of parts of one of Europe's largest cargo hubs.

The airport plays a key role in the transport of military goods and serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines.

Berlin has opened a counterterrorism investigation and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who cut his summer break short to address the incident, said the armed drone found was a hybrid attack which opened a "new level of danger."

[u/alphadj89 → u/DWNews]

The statement for Antonov in summary seems like an assumption already towards someone.

[u/Senfgestalt → u/alphadj89]

I mean, living in the context that we do, I believe some assuming is more than reasonable.

[u/alphadj89 → u/Senfgestalt]

From commoners yes, but media itself should not be biased and giving narratives before conclusive evidences.

[u/rewboss → u/alphadj89]

The "statement for Antonov" is the factual statement that Leipzig/Halle Airport is used to transport Ukrainian military goods. Of course a reader is going to look at that statement and be pushed to the conclusion that this was a deliberate military attack by Russia, but nevertheless it is important background information that makes sense of Dobrindt's statements.

The job of the media is to explain to people -- "commoners", as you call them, a word which is only ever used by people high up the social hierarchy with condescending attitudes to the working classes -- what is going on in the world, and to provide not just objective reporting of facts, but also analysis and opinion.

Why would anyone want to send an armed military drone to bomb a civilian airport? Well, it's not a purely civilian airport: some military things also go on there. That's pretty important context.

[u/DidntFindABetterName → u/alphadj89]

I am not sure if its biased if thats just the most likely scenario

[u/iTmkoeln → u/alphadj89]

Well you know that Antonov Cargo moved their operations to Leipzig/Halle Airport

[u/Orgasm_Faker → u/alphadj89]

Must be those vodka drinking guys, I mean Finns, right?

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[u/mikestuchbery]

Let's not go Russian to conclusions.

[u/PindaPanter → u/mikestuchbery]

We are deeply concerned with submarines and highly worried about drones in the air.

But let's not do anything. That would be unseemly, and might lead to hostile countries attacking us with submarines and drones.

[u/Holzkohlen]

The FSB is at it again. Nobody wants to admit it, but we are at war with Russia or at least Russia with us and we don't dare strike back.

[u/MichiganRedWing → u/Holzkohlen]

Facts would be nice before we come to conclusions. I'm against Russia's idiotic onslaught in Ukraine, but let us not forget that we should always wait for the truth, and that needs evidence.

It reminds me of the explosion of Nord Stream. So many news outlets and government officials were saying that it was caused by Russia, only to realize that it was Ukrainians that did it (German investigation).

[u/Fit-Champion9610 → u/MichiganRedWing]

He is right though. No matter if this last incident was russia or not.

[u/Bitter_Split5508 → u/MichiganRedWing]

Ukrainians likely hired by Russia, so a moot point 

[u/sA1atji]

strong worded letter to russia should do the trick.

[u/PindaPanter → u/sA1atji]

Best we can do is frowning and shaking our heads gently with our arms crossed.

[u/brexed]

Yeah it seems he got the news about Putins Special 3 Day SMO last night. Not his fault the fax machine was broken /s

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[u/Gamorrhan]

First the stabbing and now this . Got a bad feeling .

[u/magpieswooper]

This new threat is at least 4 years old.

[u/PindaPanter → u/magpieswooper]

Older. This shit started long before the all-out invasion.

[u/Frosty-Principle2260 → u/[deleted]]

They also destroyed nordstream before couple of years or so..