In a parking lot, a bus driver was waiting for a replacement for health reasons. The children are said to have been locked in the air-conditioned bus for between 10 and 30 minutes.

None of the children were physically injured, but they were upset and upset. The police have opened an investigation on suspicion of deprivation of liberty against the driver, who has since been replaced by a different driver. The incident took place in the city of Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony.