2004 Cologne bombing
| 2004 Cologne bombing | |
|---|---|
 Keupstraße | |
| Location | Cologne, Germany |
| Date | 9 June 2004 |
| Target | Turks |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | Pipe bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 22 |
| Motive | Xenophobia |
On 9 June 2004, a pipe bomb detonated in Cologne, Germany, in a business area popular with immigrants from Turkey. Twenty-two people were wounded, four sustained serious injuries. A barber's shop was completely destroyed, many shops and numerous parked cars were seriously damaged by the explosion and the nails added to the bomb for extra damage.[1] Authorities initially excluded the possibility of a terrorist attack.[2]
According to Der Spiegel, a Neo-Nazi group calling themselves "Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund“ (National Socialist Underground) claimed responsibility in a DVD found among the ruins of a semi-detached house in Zwickau, Germany, that exploded on 4 November 2011.[3][4]
The group around Uwe Böhnhardt, Uwe Mundlos, and Beate Zschäpe was also indicted with the killing of nine businessmen of Turkish and Greek origin between 2000 and 2006, the so-called Döner murders as well as with the murder of Michéle Kiesewetter in 2007.