Bomb explodes at mosque in Dresden, Germany no one hurt

Germany: Police say two bombs have exploded in the city of Dresden, Germany including one at a mosque and one at an international conference centre on Tuesday but said no one was wounded.No one have claim responsibility for the explosion at the time of the report.


In a statement by Horst Kretzschmar, the president of Dresden police, he said;

"Even if we so far have no claim of responsibility, we must go on the basis that the motive was xenophobic."

Police said they found pieces of a home-made explosive device in front of the conference centre and have also increased security in front of mosques all over Dresden.

Police said the imam of the mosque, his wife and sons were inside the mosque at the time of the first explosion, but they were not hurt adding that damage was done to the building through pressure waves.

The conference centre was damaged by a home-made device and the bar of a nearby hotel was evacuated police said.