Germany: Manhunt after explosives left at Berlin station

A police search is underway on Thursday in the German capital, Berlin, after a man left a bag of explosives at a Berlin train station on Wednesday evening.

A police officer told the daily Berliner Zeitung that “it seems as if an attack has been prevented,” as an explosion caused by the contents of the bag would have had “dramatic consequences” if it occurred near a group of people.

The man ran away after he was subjected to a check by police officers.

The bag was reportedly destroyed at a nearby car park in a controlled explosion.

A police spokesman said results of an examination of the explosives were not yet availabe.

However, the mass-circulation Bild daily said that the bag had contained triacetone triperoxide, an explosive powder known often used in extremist attacks on the public.

Read more: Deutsche Welle