Suspect Detained After Blast at Residential Building in Germany Injures Police, Firefighters

Suspect Detained After Blast at Residential Building in Germany Injures Police, Firefighters
An injured police officer is taken to an ambulance in front of a high-rise building in Ratingen, Germany, on May 11, 2023. Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—An explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack carried out by a man wanted in connection with an unpaid fine, officials said Friday.

Police and firefighters had gone to the building in the western town of Ratingen on Thursday after receiving a call about a helpless person inside a top-floor apartment.