An arson attack on a Munich construction site ended with little damage, but state criminal police suspect that the intended target was an arms manufacturer.

The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) was investigating an arson attack on a construction site in Munich on Thursday.

Several incendiary devices had been thrown onto the construction site during the night.

Later, emergency services arrested two people at a gas station, as a spokesman for the Munich police headquarters explained.

Whether they are connected to the crime is now being investigated, according to reporting by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR24).