Overview
- Nearly a year after a Kugelbombe exploded in front of him on New Year’s in Berlin-Tegel, the child has returned to school and can walk without a wheelchair but continues trauma care.
- In her first public account, sister Cansu Karki describes more than 40 operations, over a month in an induced coma, a tracheotomy, temporary skull removal, and an artificial bowel opening.
- Treating surgeons say the blast caused injuries comparable to gas explosions or war zones, with shattered bones, exposed muscle, burns, and extensive wounds.
- A then-17-year-old is suspected of igniting the device using a fiberglass launch tube in a crowd; investigators examined the suspect in January and the case remains open.
- The family criticizes the pace of the probe and calls for greater public awareness and enforcement against illegal high-explosive fireworks, planning to spend this New Year’s abroad.