Authorities in Germany are trying to figure out what triggered a blast at a police station in Berlin late on Thursday evening, but do not believe the explosion was part of an intentional attack. A policeman suffered injuries to his face and eye and underwent an operation in hospital overnight,

Berlin police said they detained a man on Tuesday who attacked and injured two people in the city’s Charlottenburg neighbourhood, further jolting Germany days after a deadly Christmas market attack. Police said the attacker was a Syrian citizen with residency in Sweden.

Several people intervened after the suspect began stabbing people in the German capital's Charlottenburg neighborhood, a Berlin newspaper said. A Syrian national who lives in Sweden was arrested.