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Two injured in blast at train station in southern Germany
Police reopened Augsburg’s main train station after an explosion injured two people and led to a search for a second suspicious object.
Police closed the train station in Augsburg on Wednesday morning after an explosion at 3:15 a.m. injured two Ukrainian citizens and damaged nearby windows.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt recently linked a failed drone attack at Leipzig to a "well-established pattern of Russian hybrid operations in Europe," warning Germany could face further targeting.
Explosives experts from the Bavarian state criminal police office are investigating the scene while road traffic and public transportation in the vicinity were disrupted following the incident.
Trains are no longer running in Augsburg, a city of 308,000 residents located about 78km northwest of Munich, as further information on the second suspicious object remains unavailable.
Halle Airport functions as a major cargo distribution point for arms and supplies flown into Ukraine for the nation's five-year battle against Russian forces, making it a strategic target.
Two people were slightly injured at a station in Augsburg. German police are investigating an attempted sabotage of the electricity grid in the west and east of the country.