Cologne bomb blast injures 12

Last updated at 17:05 09 June 2004


An explosion in a building in the German city of Cologne injured up to 12 people, four seriously, fire services in the city said.

A police spokesman said the explosion was caused by a bomb. "We are assuming it was an attack," he said. He also claimed there were no indications of a motive and no warning was given.

"There was an explosion in a three-storey residential and business building in Cologne," a fire services spokesman said. There were no dead but fire services were still at the scene investigating, he added.

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