There was an explosion in the city center of Halle on Tuesday evening, leaving two seriously injured young people.
It happened around 6 p.m. in the public toilets in the Marktschlösschen on the market square, three people were injured in total, a police spokesman said on Tuesday evening.
A 12- and a 13-year-old were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
A 51-year-old woman was slightly injured.
"The cause is currently still completely unclear," said the spokesman.
According to the police, the square was cordoned off within a radius of 100 meters.
Residents around the site of the explosion were evacuated from their homes.