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Explosion near German train station injures several people and draws police response

An explosion occurred Wednesday morning in a building passageway near Augsburg's main train station in southern Germany, injuring several people with minor injuries and damaging windows. Police responded and completely closed the train station, halting train services.

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Explosion near German train station injures several people and draws police response
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An explosion occurred Wednesday morning in a building passageway near Augsburg's main train station in southern Germany, injuring several people with minor injuries and damaging windows. Police responded and completely closed the train station, halting train services. A second suspicious object was found nearby but did not explode. Explosives experts are investigating the incident. The blast disrupted road traffic and public transportation in the station's vicinity. Further details regarding the explosion and the second object were not immediately available.

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Road traffic and public transportation in the vicinity were disrupted.

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Explosives experts are investigating the scene.

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Police closed the train station in Augsburg, Germany, after an object exploded and another suspicious object was found.

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Some windows were damaged by the explosion.

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Several people sustained minor injuries due to the loud sound of the explosion.

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BERLIN (AP) — Police completely closed the train station in the southern German city of Augsburg on Wednesday morning after one object exploded and another suspicious object was found nearby. Trains were no longer running. The first unidentified object exploded in a building passageway, officials said. Several people sustained minor injuries due to the loud sound of the explosion. Some windows were also damaged. Explosives experts from the Bavarian state criminal police office were investigating at the scene.Road traffic and public transportation in the vicinity of the station were also disrupted, police said on X.Further information on the blast and the second suspicious object, which did not explode, was not immediately available.Augsburg is a city of 308,000 residents in Bavaria, about 78 kilometers (48 miles) northwest of Munich.
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