Germany is investigating several fires caused by incendiary devices hidden inside parcels at a warehouse in Leipzig for delivery by DHL earlier this year.
A DHL cargo plane crashed as it came in to land at Lithuania’s Vilnius airport on Monday morning, killing one person in what Germany’s foreign minister later said could be an accident or aThe three other people onboard were injured, and at least one of them was in critical condition. Flames and smoke engulfed the wrecked plane as fire crews worked to extinguish the blaze.
“The fact that we, together with our Lithuanian and Spanish partners, must now seriously ask ourselves whether this was an accident or, after last week, another hybrid incident shows what volatile times we are currently living in, even in the centre of Europe,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.
A Lithuanian police spokesperson said the person killed was a Spanish citizen, and the three injured were from Spain, Germany and Lithuania. Lithuanian officials said there had been no signs of anything extraordinary from the pilots during radio contact with the aircraft.
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