Man dies after car bomb explodes during rush hour in Berlin

The incident happened during rush hour this morning.

By Associated Press Tuesday 15 Mar 2016, 10:34 AM

Mar 15th 2016, 10:34 AM 22,816 Views 25 Comments

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POLICE IN BERLIN say they suspect a bomb caused an explosion that killed a man who was driving through the German capital today.

The deputy chief spokesman for Berlin police, Carsten Mueller, told The Associated Press that the explosion occurred at about 8am (7am GMT) in the western district of Charlottenburg.

Mueller says that “investigators are working on the assumption that it was an explosive device” inside or on the vehicle that caused the blast.

He said investigators were still trying to determine the man’s identity and couldn’t immediately provide details about the vehicle.

Gemäß unserer Kolleg. vort Ort, ist der PKW während der Fahrt explodiert und hat sich dann überschlagen.
^yt pic.twitter.com/Ae1K6OvkdG
— Polizei Berlin (@polizeiberlin) March 15, 2016

Source: Polizei Berlin/Twitter

A picture posted by Berlin police on Twitter showed the wreckage of a silver VW Passat station wagon on the street, its windows blown out and its front end smashed in.

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Man dies after car bomb explodes during rush hour in Berlin

The incident happened during rush hour this morning.