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Serbia, Hungary say explosives found near Russian pipeline

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April 6, 2026

A week before Hungarian voters head to the polls, Serbian officials say they have discovered two backpacks containing explosives and detonators near a pipeline that carries Russian gas into Hungary.

Hungary is calling it a planned act of sabotage. The incident comes at a politically sensitive moment: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is trailing in the polls a week ahead of elections, and the discovery has intensified an already tense campaign period. What's really happening behind the scenes? 

Tomi Oladipo Tomi Oladipo is a British-born Nigerian journalist based in Berlin.
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