Two Ukrainian citizens were injured early Wednesday after an explosion near a train station in Augsburg, Germany, authorities said.
German police temporarily shut down Augsburg’s main train station after discovering a suspicious package in the wake of the blast. Investigators later determined the item posed no threat, allowing rail service to resume at around 10 a.m. local time. Officials said the injured victims were a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man, though their names have not been released.
“We can give the all-clear — the object we found in front of the main train station was harmless, and we have reopened the station,” police spokesperson Timo Küfner told The Associated Press. “The trains are running again, too.”
The explosion happened shortly after 3 a.m. local time and left both victims with only minor injuries, police said.
Police cordon off the area near the train station in the southern German city of Augsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Felix Kirberg/dpa via AP)
“It’s still too early to say anything about a possible motive for the overnight explosion, but we are investigating,” said Küfner.
The incident comes just a day after Germany accused Russia of carrying out a failed drone sabotage operation at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Russia’s consulate in Bonn will be closed and the contract for the Russian House cultural center in Berlin will be terminated after German authorities concluded Moscow was behind the Aug. 4 incident.
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A drone carrying explosives was found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport on Tuesday night next to a Ukrainian plane, with officials warning the incident represented “a new quality of danger.” (Hendrik Schmidt/DPA via AP)
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said forensic evidence and intelligence findings tied Russia to the attack, in which authorities found a drone carrying an explosive device beside a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Officials said the device failed to explode because of a faulty detonator.
Germany also said it believes a second drone collided with a nearby cargo aircraft, while officials have linked the incident to what Dobrindt described as Russia’s “well-established pattern of Russian hybrid operations in Europe.”
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, left, and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announce Germany’s response on Tuesday, after investigators blamed Russia for a failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Berlin. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
The Russian Embassy in Berlin called the accusation “absurd,” while Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow would respond in a “mirror-image” fashion to Germany’s actions. The embassy later described Berlin’s measures as an “unprecedented escalation in Russian-German relations.”
In addition to closing Russian diplomatic facilities, Wadephul announced tighter entry restrictions for Russian nationals and additional measures targeting Russia’s shadow fleet. He also said he had summoned Russia’s ambassador to Germany, Sergei Nechayev.