Man released by German police

Germany - Police in Dusseldorf have released a man they were questioning in connection with last week's bombing of a train station…

Germany - Police in Dusseldorf have released a man they were questioning in connection with last week's bombing of a train station in the city, writes Derek Scally.

The 34-year-old man was released without charge at 2.20 a.m. yesterday morning after police interviewed him for an hour.

The bombing injured 10 recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union on the way home from a German language class.

The man questioned by police was described as a former soldier who owns a shop for military memorabilia near the train station in Dusseldorf. He is not thought to have any links to extreme-right groups but does have a criminal record, something the spokesman for the state prosecutor, Mr Johannes Mocken, declined to elaborate on.

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Yesterday police confirmed a newspaper report that the bomb used in the attack was a hand-grenade filled with TNT.