New Details Emerge on Leipzig-Halle Drone Bomb Plot
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Police in Germany found a third drone near Leipzig-Halle Airport. The drone had a dangerous explosive called hexogen inside it. Hexogen can cause big explosions.
This is the third drone found near the airport. Police think someone wanted to attack the airport. They are now doing a special investigation.
The police call this a possible attempted attack. This means someone may have tried to hurt people or damage buildings, but did not finish the plan.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke about the drones. He said Germany will make the people who did this pay for their acts. This means they will be punished.
Merz called this kind of danger a hybrid attack. A hybrid attack uses new and secret ways to cause harm, like drones instead of bombs or soldiers.
The police have not said who sent the drones. The investigation is still going on. More information may come soon.
Vocabulary6 words
- drone
- a small flying machine with no pilot inside
- explosive
- a material that can suddenly blow up
- investigation
- when police look for facts about a crime
- attempted attack
- a plan to hurt people that did not finish
- pay for their acts
- to be punished for bad things you did
- hybrid attack
- a new kind of attack that mixes different secret methods
Quiz
Answer key
1. A third drone with explosive material 2. They will pay for their acts 3. False
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Police in Germany found a third _____ near Leipzig-Halle Airport. The drone had a dangerous _____ called hexogen inside it. Hexogen can cause big explosions.
This is the third drone found near the _____. Police think someone wanted to attack the airport. They are now doing a special _____.
The police call this a possible _____. This means someone may have tried to hurt people or damage buildings, but did not finish the plan.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke about the drones. He said Germany will make the people who did this _____. This means they will be punished.
Merz called this kind of danger a _____. A hybrid attack uses new and secret ways to cause harm, like drones instead of bombs or soldiers.
The police have not said who sent the _____. The investigation is still going on. More information may come soon.