10 Injured in Blast at Turkish-Owned Market in Germany

At least 10 people were injured when a large explosion wrecked a Turkish-owned supermarket in the northern German city of Bremen on Saturday night, police said.

Two of those injured appeared to be seriously hurt, and the supermarket was completely destroyed, police said in a statement. Neighboring buildings and nearby cars were badly damaged.

Police said the cause of the blast, which took place in the Blumenthal district of the city, was not yet clear, and it was too early to estimate the value of the material damage.

About 2.2 million Turks live in Germany. Their property has been the target of several waves of firebomb attacks, sometimes carried out by right-wing extremists. But recently they have more often been the result of rivalries within the Turkish community.