A member of the police looks at the damage after an explosion near the Vanity Club in central Cologne, Germany. (Image: Reuters)
No terrorist motive behind Cologne explosion, police officials told media outlets.
German police and prosecutors are investigating an explosion that occurred in central Cologne early Monday, a police spokesperson said, adding that there was no indication of a terrorist motive for the crime.
A bystander suffered a mild injury and was brought to hospital after the explosion damaged commercial property on the Hohenzollernring ring road, the spokesperson said.
Damage was visible outside a nightclub called Vanity in the western city.
The spokesperson declined to confirm a link to a series of explosions across the state of North-Rhine Westphalia in recent months that have been attributed to an organised crime gang, but said that all possibilities were being investigated.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)
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