Leipzig: Investigators are looking for a suspected person in the Leipzig attack attempt

Berlin. The police are looking for a suspicious person in connection with the alleged attempted attack with an explosive drone at Leipzig Airport. An AI-generated mug shot was published on the website of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) showing a warmly dressed person with a hood on an e-bike. Several media outlets reported on the manhunt.

According to the accompanying text, the BKA has so far been able to identify two suspects. According to the investigation, another unknown person could also be linked to the drone attack, the BKA said.

At the beginning of August, airport employees discovered a drone lying on the ground on the southern runway of Leipzig/Halle Airport. “The aircraft was in the immediate vicinity of Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes,” explained the BKA. The drone was equipped with an explosive device and loaded with explosives.

During the course of the investigation, a suspected drone launch site was located on the connecting route between the towns of Rabutz and Beuditz, the BKA said. In addition, other suspected means of crime were found near the industrial area between Radefeld and Lützschena. According to the investigation, the unknown person was riding an e-bike in the area around the above-mentioned locations between July 31st and August 4th of this year.

“The person’s clothing, which was unusually warm for midsummer, may have been particularly noticeable,” explained the BKA. "She was wearing dark long trousers, a thick jacket, black gloves and a large black backpack. Her head was also covered with a hood and a base cap pulled low over her face." The police are now looking for witnesses.