BERLIN — German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has suggested a state actor was behind the explosive-laden drone that was found at Leipzig airport.

"We can’t rule out the possibility that foreign powers are behind this," Dobrindt told public broadcaster ZDF Wednesday evening. "That will now be part of the investigation, but there are many indications pointing in that direction," he said.

Dobrindt stopped short of naming Russia specifically in his statements but said that "a hybrid threat is evident" and that such threats do not originate from amateurs but are "often linked to foreign powers."