News in the video: Ratingen – emergency services seriously injured in an explosion in a block of flats.
STORY: According to the police, several emergency services were injured in an explosion in a block of flats in Ratingen, some of them seriously. A suspect was arrested after the detonation. A police spokeswoman had previously said that the police and fire brigade had responded to an emergency call to a “helpless person”. Diane Dulishweski, Mettmann police: “This morning at around 11:15 an emergency call was made, during which a fire was reported in a high-rise building here in Ratingen-West. The emergency services, both the police and the fire brigade, got to the apartment. And when they got to the apartment, there was an explosion from the apartment.” According to the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of the Interior, a body was also found in the apartment. The police stormed the apartment on Thursday afternoon, said a police spokeswoman. A man was found there. He was provisionally arrested. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser was dismayed by the incident: “The bad thing for me is that there is such a terrible event during a routine operation. And I very much hope that the background to the crime can be clarified soon. That is really something unimaginably horrific for those who work day in and day out to protect other people and their safety.” Investigations into the possible background to the crime are ongoing. According to media reports, the arrested man could be a corona denier.