Serbia says explosive found near pipeline to Hungary, days before crucial election – POLITICO

Serbian authorities found “an explosive of devastating power” near a gas pipeline connecting the country to its neighbor Hungary, Serbia's president said on Sunday, a claim that could rock the last week of campaigning ahead of crucial Hungarian elections on April 12.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said in a social media post that he had spoken with his close ally Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to inform him on the early stages of the investigation into the incident.

Orbán said on X that he had “convened an emergency defense council” after speaking with Vučić. He later said on the same platform that he had placed the Hungarian section of the pipeline "under reinforced military monitoring and protection."