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German police 'keeping open mind' in gurudwara blast probe

Agencies | APRIL 18, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

BERLIN

Police in the western city of Essen say they are keeping an open mind about the reasons for an apparently deliberate explosion at a gurudwara that injured three people late Saturday.

Essen police spokesman Lars Lindemann said Sunday that a masked man reported to have fled the scene hadn't yet been apprehended. Three people detained late Saturday were released after no link to the explosion was found.

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Lindemann said police were investigating "in all directions'' but there were no indications of a terrorist motive.

He said a 60-year-old man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in the blast and remains hospitalized. Two men aged 47 and 56 suffered slight injuries.

The victims were members of a wedding party that had held a ceremony at the temple earlier Saturday.

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