Looking for “unconventional incendiary devices”
German security authorities are warning of ‘unconventional incendiary devices’ sent by unknown persons via freight service providers.
They have ‘knowledge of several parcel shipments that were posted by private individuals at locations in Europe and caught fire on their way to their addressees in several European countries’, according to a security alert sent by the German intelligence services (BfV) and the federal criminal police office (BKA) to aviation and logistics companies.
The warning is linked to an incident at the DHL logistics centre in Leipzig. A parcel sent from the Baltic States containing an incendiary device is said to have caught fire there in July. The fire is then said to have spread to the entire freight container, which also contained other parcels. (ah)