Overview
- Authorities traced the discovered rifle magazine to a weapon of the Saxony Bereitschaftspolizei, according to the Chemnitz police directorate.
- Police secured the live ammunition at the scene and opened investigations that remain ongoing.
- Officers found the magazine on Sunday while handling a wild-animal crash between the Berbersdorf and Hainichen exits of the A4.
- Bereitschaftspolizei spokesperson Almut Sichler said a Prüfverfahren has been initiated to determine how the item ended up by the motorway and to review personnel-law implications.
- The crash involved a VW transporter and a wild boar, causing about €15,000 in damage with no injuries reported and the animal dying at the scene.