Manhunt under way in Berlin after bag of explosives

31/10/2024 17:59

        German police are searching for a man who abandoned a bag of explosives at a Berlin train station and ran away after being stopped by federal officers, according to police.
        
        A police spokesperson said, "We are investigating all possibilities," adding that authorities had not yet been able to identify the suspect.
        
        According to a post on social media platform X, police said they stopped the man in the German capital's Neukoelln station on Wednesday afternoon. He fled the scene and explosives were found in the bag he left behind.
        
        The post said, the bag was brought to a nearby parking facility where a controlled explosion took place.
        
        The Bild newspaper reported that the bag had contained triacetone triperoxide, an unstable white explosive powder known as TATP and often used in extremist attacks on the public.
        
        Police could neither confirm nor deny the report on the type of explosive.