An incendiary device being sent for shipment to the US ignited in a DHL courier depot in Leipzig, Germany in July.
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Lithuania's statement referred to the uncovering of the Russian plot after an incendiary device being sent for shipment to the US ignited in a DHL courier depot in Leipzig Germany in July.
Additionally, Russian intelligence is believed to be behind a July 2024 fire at a DHL airport logistics hub in Leipzig, Germany. Investigators said a flammable package sent from Lithuania was marked for delivery to a fake address in Birmingham, U.K.
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