According to reports, the blast was caused by an explosive device “on or in the vehicle”.
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A criminal investigation was launched Tuesday after a auto bomb exploded in the heart of Berlin, killing the driver.
German police cordoned off the location, not far from the Deutsche Oper mass transit station in the Charlottenburg neighborhood of western Berlin.
Authorities aren’t ruling out any motive for the blast.
Police in Berlin say a man has been killed after his vehicle exploded while he was driving. The driver of the Passat suffered serious injuries, police said, and died at the scene.
It remained unclear whether an explosion device in the auto was set off on goal or accidentally tripped.
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Terrorism and murder have not been ruled out, and “a murder investigation team is at the scene”, the spokesman said.
