An explosion close to a train station in Germany led to a temporary closure of the transportation center in Augsburg on Wednesday morning. Authorities later confirmed that the suspicious object found was not dangerous, and the station reopened at 10 a.m., allowing train services to resume.
Police spokesperson Timo Küfner stated that the object discovered in front of the main train station was harmless, giving the all-clear for the reopening of the station. The incident occurred when an unidentified object exploded in a passageway near the station around 3:15 a.m., causing minor injuries to a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man, both Ukrainian citizens.
Following the initial explosion, a second suspicious object was found at the main train station, prompting its closure at 8:30 a.m. Explosives experts from the Bavarian state criminal police office were deployed to investigate the scene, although the motive behind the explosion remains unknown.
The disruption caused road traffic and public transportation in the vicinity of the station during the early morning hours. Reports indicated that the explosion occurred near a jewelry store, suggesting that the train station was not the primary target.
Augsburg, a city in Bavaria with a population of 308,000, experienced this alarming incident, coinciding with recent tensions between Germany and Russia. The German government recently accused Russia of an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, further escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries.