Overview
- Multiple shoppers reported respiratory irritation on Saturday evening at the central Hamburg shopping center, triggering an evacuation by staff, police and firefighters.
- Eleven people were injured, with ten treated as minor cases on site and one woman taken to hospital with reported seizures.
- Police say pepper spray was used by three unidentified suspects who fled the scene, with witnesses describing them as youths.
- The fire department’s environmental unit conducted air measurements and detected no elevated pollutant levels.
- After extensive ventilation, the center reopened roughly 90 minutes later as police inquiries continued.