World News | Official: Explosion at Residential Building in Germany Injures 12 First Responders
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. An explosion at a residential building in western Germany injured at least a dozen people Thursday, some of them seriously, a senior security official said.
Berlin, May 11 (AP) An explosion at a residential building in western Germany injured at least a dozen people Thursday, some of them seriously, a senior security official said.
The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Herbert Reul, told regional lawmakers that 10 firefighters and two police officers were injured in the blast at a high-rise building in the town of Ratingen.
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Firefighters and police were called to the building in the morning after concerns were raised about two residents, Reul said. When they forced open an apartment door, they found a fire and one of the inhabitants used an unidentified object to cause an explosion, the minister said.
Television footage from the scene showed police snipers positioned on a balcony across the road from the building as smoke poured out of a top-floor apartment.
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Police said the operation was ongoing and couldn't immediately provide further details.
Ratingen is located on the northeastern outskirts of Duesseldorf, the state capital. (AP)
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