Germany's Pirates launch protest drone at Merkel rally
A small drone that hovered over a campaign rally by German Chancellor Angela Merkel before crash landing in front of her was a protest by the upstart Pirate party, it said Monday.
(AFP) A small drone that hovered over a campaign rally by German Chancellor Angela Merkel before crash landing in front of her was a protest by the upstart Pirate party, it said Monday.
Merkel looked on apparently amused as the about 40-centimetre wide device, fitted with a camera, dropped down on the podium just metres away from her at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) event Sunday in the eastern city of Dresden.
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