Police operation under way after explosion in Cologne, Bild reports

A German police officer holds a machine gun at the border between Germany and France in Kohl, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 as Germany controls all his borders from Monday on. (AP)

BERLIN: A police operation is under way after an explosion in central Cologne, the Bild newspaper reported on Monday.
Local police posted on the social media platform X that a police operation was under way on the Hohenzollernring ring road and that residents should avoid the area.