One person was killed and around 25 injured in an explosion at an apartment block in eastern Germany on Friday, AP reported, citing police.
1 dead, 25 hurt in German apartment block blast
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 13, ARTSAKHPRESS: Debris from the blast in the town of Blankenburg flew up to 60 meters (200 feet) and some people were seriously hurt, police spokesman Uwe Becker told n-tv television.
The building is on the edge of Blankenburg, a town of about 20,000 people in the Harz mountains, west of Berlin.
About 100 children at a nearby day care center were taken to other facilities.