Russia suspected of sending incendiary devices on US- and Canada-bound planes

European security officials have identified a link between suspected Russian operatives and a plot to smuggle incendiary devices onto a cargo plane in Germany. An investigation was launched after a device caught fire prematurely in July, and it was discovered that similar packages without flammable contents were sent to addresses in the US and Canada. The plot appears to be part of a larger operation aimed at starting fires on cargo and passenger flights. Explosions of incendiary devices at DHL logistics hubs in Leipzig, Germany, and Birmingham, UK, in July prompted a rapid search for the perpetrators, and security officials have implicated Russian operatives in the scheme.