Police operation on suspicion of explosives in Berlin

Created: 08/13/2022, 08:19

An LED lightbox hangs at a police station.

© Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Symbolbild

Together with the Bundeswehr and the Robert Koch Institute, the police searched an apartment in a residential building in Berlin's Grunewald district on Friday evening on suspicion of explosives.

The search for explosives did not result in initial investigations, the police said.

The rapid tests to analyze explosives that were carried out on site were negative, a police spokesman said early Saturday morning.

Berlin - Until the samples are analyzed in the next few days, the searched apartment in the house will remain closed.

The other residents of the house could return to their apartments, it said.

The operation was carried out "due to suspicion of endangering a resident," said a police spokesman.

There was a suspicion that third parties could have deposited explosives in the apartment of the person concerned.

They searched for explosives and biological substances.

According to the information, the police had become aware of a possible dangerous situation during investigations, which the police have now been able to rule out.

Residents had to leave the house.

Defusers from the police were in the apartment together with employees from the Robert Koch Institute and forensic technology.

The fire department was also involved in the operation.

dpa