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Four Teenagers Identified in Bad Reichenhall Bottle Blast That Injured Police Officer

Two of the youths have confessed, according to police.

Overview

  • Investigators named four schoolboys aged 16 to 18 as suspects in the October 15 explosion outside a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting hall in Bad Reichenhall.
  • Police say the PET bottle was filled with a chemical mixture and detonated as officers moved to secure the area after reports of repeated disturbances at the service.
  • A 28-year-old officer was seriously hurt in the blast and remains unfit for duty.
  • Searches of the suspects' rooms yielded evidence and the four were taken into provisional custody before being released pending further proceedings.
  • Kriminalpolizei Traunstein is pursuing cases for disturbance of religious practice, causing an explosive explosion, and dangerous bodily harm, after earlier detainees were ruled out for the October attack.