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Suspicion of building a bomb in Halle – police find explosive device in apartment

2024-04-07T05:04:05.601Z

Highlights: Suspicion of building a bomb in Halle – police find explosive device in apartment. The item has been secured - the danger has been averted. A drunken suspect was arrested. According to police reports, the officers were informed by eyewitnesses around 11:30 a.m. that a 36-year-old man was making racist comments from an apartment building on Schlosserstrasse and threatening passers-by with a rifle. When the man's apartment was checked, the weapon turned out to be a toy gun.



As of: April 7, 2024, 6:39 a.m

By: Michelle Brey

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There was a major police operation in Halle on Saturday (April 6th). A resident is said to have built a bomb in his apartment.

Update from April 7th, 6:34 a.m.:

The police found an object in an apartment in Halle that, according to initial investigations, is an explosive device. A police spokesman confirmed a report in the

Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

on Saturday . The damage that would have occurred in the event of a possible detonation is currently being investigated. The item has been secured - the danger has been averted. A drunken suspect was arrested. According to the newspaper, it is the tenant of the apartment. The investigation is ongoing, police said. 

The police found an object in an apartment in Halle that, according to initial investigations, was an explosive device. © Tom Musche/dpa

Update from April 6th, 8:45 p.m.:

There was a major police operation in Halle on Saturday due to suspicions that a bomb was being built in an apartment. Since a risk to tenants cannot be ruled out, more than 50 residents were evacuated from their homes. The police announced this further in the evening.

According to police reports, the officers were informed by eyewitnesses around 11:30 a.m. that a 36-year-old man was making racist comments from an apartment building on Schlosserstrasse and threatening passers-by with a rifle. When the man's apartment was checked, the weapon turned out to be a toy gun. According to police information, the drunken suspect was arrested. In addition, the officers found several suspicious objects in the 36-year-old's apartment.

Suspicion of building a bomb in Halle – police in large-scale operation

Our first report from April 6th, 3:54 p.m.:

Halle - The police are deployed in Halle on Saturday afternoon. A resident is said to have built one or more bombs in an apartment. The

Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (MZ)

first

reported about it online. The apartment is therefore on Schlosserstrasse.

Police operation in Halle: A resident probably built a bomb in his apartment

The matter is currently being examined and specialists are on duty, a police spokesman said upon request. He initially did not provide any further details about the incident.

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As the

MZ

report shows, two entrances to the Loests Hof building complex were evacuated. In addition, the gas supply was temporarily stopped. A spokesman confirmed to the newspaper that IED specialists from Magdeburg were on site. They are experts in defusing “unconventional explosive and incendiary devices”. An explosives detection dog is also used.

Suspicion of building a bomb: According to the police, the 36-year-old made threats

According to a report from

Bild.de

, a 36-year-old suspect is said to have made threats on Saturday afternoon (11:30 a.m.). A police spokesman said there were “xenophobic comments”. The man was drunk. He was arrested by the police. In the meantime, the 36-year-old's apartment is being searched.

There was also a recent police operation on Lake Constance. Shots were fired and a man attacked the officers with a knife.

(mbr/dpa)

Source: merkur

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