World News | German Police Conduct Raids in Connection with Floods
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Police in western Germany raided offices and homes on Tuesday in connection with the floods last summer in which more than 180 people died and hundreds more were injured.
Berlin, Jan 11 (AP) Police in western Germany raided offices and homes on Tuesday in connection with the floods last summer in which more than 180 people died and hundreds more were injured.
The public prosecutor's office in Cologne coordinated the searches that were executed by 140 police officers and involved more than 20 offices and homes, German news agency dpa reported.
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Investigations were allegedly focusing on the the owner and lessor of an opencast mine in Erftstadt, near the city of Cologne, as well as five people of the operating company and four people with the regional district council, dpa reported. The suspects' names were not given in line with German privacy policies.
During the July floods, the grounds near a gravel pit on the River Erft slipped away after heavy rain had flooded the pit. Several buildings were subsequently swept away, but nobody was killed, dpa reported.
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Heavy rainfall had turned small streams into raging torrents, sweeping away houses, bridges and cars. (AP)
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