Multiple individuals have been arrested after European investigators uncovered a plot involving incendiary devices concealed in massagers in DHL hubs.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Western security officials have discovered a suspected Russian plot involving the deployment of incendiary devices aboard aircraft bound for the US. This follows an investigation into two devices which ignited at European DHL locations.
Russia has acted as if it were at war with the West for years, carrying out assassinations and arson while the West continues to operate according to peacetime norms. Russian intelligence has been implicated with multiple high-profile incidents, including the assassination of Chechen dissidents overseas, a 2018 UK nerve agent attack that killed British citizen Dawn Sturgess and an assassination attempt against Germany’s Rheinmetall CEO in this year. Russian-backed arsonists and saboteurs have also targeted sites across the world, including Poland, Slovakia and the Baltic states.
According to security officials, and people familiar with this investigation, the devices that ignited at DHL logistic hubs in Leipzig, Germany and Birmingham, England, in July, contained electric massagers containing flammable magnesium-based substances.
WSJ reports that the investigation revealed that these incidents were probably part of a larger Russian operation targeting flights in North America. Lithuanian authorities arrested a suspect for sending four incendiary items, including two from the DHL shop in Vilnius. According to a European law enforcement official, the suspect, who originally identified himself as Igor Prudnikov was later identified by Alexander Suranovas.
The National Prosecutor’s Office in Poland reports the arrest of 4 individuals accused of participating in terrorist or sabotage operations on behalf a foreign intelligence agency.
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