An explosion of unknown origin left one person seriously injured on Monday in a building in the city of Cologne, in western Germany, local media reported.
According to the newspaper PictureAccording to the report, which cited police sources, one person was seriously injured in an explosion in a building on the Hohenzollernring, a central street in Cologne, the cause of which remains unclear.
The victim, according to the newspaper, was an employee of the building’s cleaning crew who was near the site of the explosion, which occurred at 6:00 a.m. local time.
A video circulating on social media, broadcast on Monday by ‘NTV’ television, shows how a person leaves a bag at the scene of the explosion and throws a burning object inside before fleeing and shortly after, an explosion occurs.
Cologne police reported his social media account
The police have not yet provided any information on the possible reasons for the explosion. ARD reports that the incident is reminiscent of a series of similar attacks on residential and commercial buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia. “Several of these attacks are said to be the work of a drug gang from the Netherlands. “The background is said to be conflicts with drug dealers from the Rhineland,” the ARD news site adds.
