Overview
- A device detonated on a property opposite the Overath police station, which police said occurred Tuesday at 4:50 a.m. and shattered a window.
- Police earlier reported a separate blast at the same station last Saturday that damaged a rear door and yielded forensic traces of a glass bottle and nails.
- The Staatsschutz and Kripo Köln have taken over the inquiry but investigators say they have no confirmed link between the two blasts and no arrests have been made.
- North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul condemned the attacks and officials said it was fortunate that no one was injured.
- Forensics suggesting improvised explosive devices has raised local concern and could lead to stepped-up security around police facilities while authorities urge witnesses to contact 0221 229-0 or poststelle.koeln@polizei.nrw.de.