Overview
- A firecracker exploded in the spectator area after the Kreispokal final in Saalfeld, injuring three spectators.
- Police said the device went off near the midfield line in front of fans.
- The injured were two women, 19 and 24, with ear pain, including one with a leg wound, plus a 31-year-old man with ear pain.
- Ambulance staff treated all three at the scene in a rescue vehicle.
- Officers opened an investigation for dangerous bodily harm, have not identified the person who lit the device, and asked witnesses to contact the Salzwedel police.