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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Russia’s aim is to ‘create havoc’ if it is behind DHL fires, says air freight expert

DHL warehouse
The parcel that ignited at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham on 22 July appears to have travelled by air before reaching the UK. Photograph: The Guardian

If Russia is proved to be behind an incendiary device plot that caused fires at two parcels warehouses in July, it will be evidence that Moscow is aiming to disrupt western confidence, an expert has said.

The dangerous packages, which caught light at DHL sites in Birmingham and Leipzig, are not thought to have been sophisticated but in both cases appear to have evaded security checks. German authorities warned this week that a plane could have been downed if the devices, which were both sent by air, had ignited in flight.

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