German authorities investigate DHL plane crash

The security authorities in Germany are also investigating the crash of a cargo plane that took off from Leipzig on behalf of the postal service provider DHL. They are "in close contact with the authorities involved in Germany and abroad in order to clarify the facts as quickly as possible", according to German security circles.

The cargo plane crashed in the early morning near the airport in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. At least one person was killed, according to police and rescue services.

German security authorities warned

At the end of August, German security authorities warned of "unconventional incendiary devices" being sent by unknown persons via cargo service providers. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) sent out a corresponding warning to companies in the aviation and logistics sector.

The warning was linked in security circles to an incident at the DHL logistics center in Leipzig, which acts as the company's global hub. In July, a parcel sent from the Baltic States containing an incendiary device is said to have caught fire there. In security circles, a connection with increasing cases of Russian sabotage in Germany has not been ruled out.