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Dresden Reports Two Irritant-Gas Attacks Days Apart, No Link Seen by Police

Emergency crews activated a mass‑casualty plan, triaging dozens after the substance dissipated too quickly to identify.

Overview

  • In the Saturday incident at a Niedersedlitz restaurant with roughly 80 to 90 guests, 24 people were medically screened and several were treated on site, with no hospital transports required.
  • A MANV alarm triggered the deployment of about 90 responders, the venue was ventilated, and a Dresden transit bus was used to temporarily shelter exposed patrons during assessments.
  • Fire officials said the irritant was no longer measurable when crews arrived, complicating efforts to determine the substance involved.
  • Two days earlier in a Gorbitz pub, a man allegedly sprayed irritant after being asked to leave, injuring five people and leading to one hospital admission as the suspects fled.
  • Police have opened dangerous bodily harm investigations in both cases and say there is currently no confirmed connection between the incidents, with the perpetrators still at large.