They investigate an arson attack outside the headquarters of a defense company in Munich

German police are investigating a fire that broke out this Thursday in front of the offices of the defense company, Rohde & Schwarz, in Munich, in case it was intentional. The fire left no injuries or property damage, but according to Reuters, two suspects, a woman and a man of Bulgarian nationality, were detained at a nearby gas station in connection with the event.

The alleged attack comes two days after several sabotage attempts against critical infrastructure that have put Germany on alert and a month after a drone attack this Tuesday on Ukrainian planes at Leipzig airport. Germany formally accused Russia of being behind that failed operation. German investigators are examining two suspects in connection with the attack and are investigating connections to other cases in Serbia and Poland, Der Spiegel magazine reports, citing sources in the German security establishment.

The recent escalation is part of a campaign of hybrid operations attributed to Russia that has intensified in recent months, with sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks and drone raids. Police are investigating two attempts to sabotage the power grid in the states of Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, which occurred this Tuesday. Local authorities do not rule out the possibility of foreign interference or action by domestic far-left activists. The increase in sabotage takes place in a delicate electoral context, with the state of Saxony-Anhalt (in the east of the country) called to vote this Sunday, in which the Alternative for Germany - AfD, the far-right party - leads the polls.