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Police suspect bomb caused car explosion in Berlin, 1 killed Police suspect bomb caused car explosion in Berlin, 1 killed
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BERLIN — Police in Berlin say they suspect a bomb caused the explosion that killed a man who was driving through the German capital early Tuesday. BERLIN — An explosion that destroyed a car and killed the driver in downtown Berlin during rush hour traffic Tuesday was likely caused by a bomb, police said.
The deputy chief spokesman for Berlin police, Carsten Mueller, told The Associated Press that the explosion occurred at about 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) in the western district of Charlottenburg. The explosion occurred at about 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) in the western district of Charlottenburg on a busy street leading into the heart of the German capital. Photos from the scene showed the wreckage of a silver VW Passat station wagon, its windows blown out and its front end smashed in, about a kilometer (half mile) from the capital’s landmark Victory Column.
Mueller says that “investigators are working on the assumption that it was an explosive device” inside or on the vehicle that caused the blast. “(The) explosion occurred inside or on the vehicle,” said Carsten Mueller, deputy chief spokesman for Berlin police.
He said investigators were still trying to determine the man’s identity and couldn’t immediately provide details about the vehicle. “Our investigators are working on the assumption that it was an explosive device that caused this,” Mueller told The Associated Press.
A picture posted by Berlin police on Twitter showed the wreckage of a silver VW Passat station wagon on the street, its windows blown out and its front end smashed in. He said investigators were still trying to determine the man’s identity but confirmed that nobody else was injured in the blast despite heavy traffic. Experts checked the vehicle but found no further explosive devices, he said.
Mueller said police were looking into all possible scenarios that might have led to the blast.
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