Overview
- Police said Friday that a 13-year-old ignited a firework inside Frankfurt's Nordwestzentrum last Saturday, triggering a loud bang and panic.
- A second 13-year-old is suspected of unlawfully possessing the device and handing it to the boy who lit it, while other companions were not involved.
- Nine people were lightly injured as visitors fled the shopping centre during the incident.
- The mall was evacuated, cordoned and searched by armed officers, who found remnants of the pyrotechnic device.
- Investigators classify the case as a possible explosives-related offence and negligent bodily harm, and they are reviewing whether to bill the deployment costs to those responsible.