Posted on 09/27/16
| News Source: Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) -- Two homemade explosive devices were set off outside a mosque and a conference center in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said Tuesday. Nobody was hurt.
Dresden police said in a statement that there was no immediate report on the extent of damage from the explosions late Monday.
"Even though we do not have a letter of confession, we must assume there's a xenophobic background," Police President Horst Kretschmar said.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere called the attacks "outrageous" and condemned them sharply.
"Aggression against people who are practicing Islam is increasing in Germany," he said. "Fortunately, people didn't get hurt, but we don't want these things to happen in Germany."
Police said they found pieces of the devices...read more at AP