Explosion at Augusta central station: two injured

Explosion at Augusta central station: two injured
Police at work on the explosion that occurred at Augusta station (ANSA)

An explosion occurred just before dawn at the central station of Augusta, in Germany. According to Bild, an unidentified object exploded in the internal passage of a building, two people suffered minor injuries from acoustic shock, window glass was damaged. The cause of the explosion is still unknown. Bomb disposal experts from the Bavarian Criminal Office are on site, roads around the station are closed.

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The injured are a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy, both Ukrainian citizens, according to the German news agency Dpa. A second suspicious object that did not explode was found right at the main railway station. “It is still too early to comment on a possible motive for the explosion that occurred during the night, but we are investigating,” said Küfner. Road traffic and public transport near the station experienced disruptions in the early morning hours, but circulation later returned to normal, according to police. Augusta is a city in Bavaria with 308,000 inhabitants, located about 78 kilometers northwest of Munich.

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