The Soviet-made military drone that crashed in Croatia’s capital Zagreb on Thursday was carrying a bomb, the Croatian defense minister said on Sunday.
“We have discovered parts of the aerial bomb in the device… and we can say for now that it is an aerial bomb that was used on Soviet-made aircraft,” Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic told reporters. .
Croatian authorities said on Saturday that the device was a Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh (“Fast” in Russian), a drone made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Soviet Army, used in reconnaissance missions.
NATO “tracked” the flight path of the drone that crashed in Zagreb
According to the minister, the unmanned aircraft of more than 6 tons has undergone “modifications (…) obviously in recent times.”
“The remains of the explosive and other items found suggest that this device was not intended for reconnaissance,” Banozic said.
The minister did not respond to journalists’ questions about whether the bomb had exploded, nor could he specify the type.
The device crashed on Thursday night in a park located six kilometers from the center of Zagreb, next to a university campus that houses 4,500 students and about 200 meters from a residential area, without causing casualties.
Some 40 cars parked in a car park were damaged. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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