German police probe explosion at Turkish consulate

Police were investigating an overnight explosion at the Turkish consulate general in the German city of Duesseldorf which caused damage estimated at several thousand marks.

Police were investigating an overnight explosion at the Turkish consulate general in the German city of Duesseldorf which caused damage estimated at several thousand marks.

An explosive device, which experts were working to identify, went off in the entrance area of the consulate. No one was injured in the blast.

Police said they had no information on the background to the attack and had received no claim of responsibility.