2023-05-11 17:35:30
An explosion in a house in the town of Ratingen (Germany) has caused more than a dozen firefighters and police officers injured, some of them seriously. A deceased person was found inside the house where the explosion occurred. The indications suggest that the event could be intentional and there is a suspect in custody.
According to German media reports, after the explosion, a large device has been deployed in the area in which special police forces participated, including snipers. Shortly after, an individual was arrested inside the apartment block.
The suspect is also injured.
The Minister of the Interior of the North Rhine-Westphalia region, Herbert Reul, has refused to speculate on the motivation of the event, but has indicated that according to data from social networks, the suspect, who is also injured, had a ideology close to “the deniers of the coronavirus”.
The reasons for the explosion are still not fully known. The security forces went to the house alerted by the owner of the property, since the letters had been accumulating in the mailbox for a long time. Given signs that someone inside might need help, the agents called the fire brigade to force the door of the home. , inhabited by a mother and her son.
Special forces enter the smoke-filled apartment after the explosion
The house was inhabited by a mother and her son, against whom there were arrest warrants for minor crimes. According to the preliminary version of the authorities, the man suspected that he was going to be arrested and reacted by exploding a still unknown device.
With respect to the lifeless body found in the house, according to the media it is the mother of the detainee, although for the moment the cause of death is unknown and if it occurred prior to the incident.
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