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Police renew search for missing man after Weimar explosions
Police in Weimar have restarted the search for a missing 61-year-old man about a month after explosions destroyed his home.
The blasts happened in Lützendorf, in the north of the German city, and also destroyed a nearby outbuilding.
Investigators are searching the site with dogs and plan to comb it closely through Wednesday.
The property had already been searched several times, but the man has not been found.
Police suspect gas cylinders were used deliberately to cause the explosions; several cylinders were found under the rubble.
The man had worked as an emergency doctor in Bad Berka before he went missing.
The renewed search aims to find the missing resident, but the police have not said what they expect to find.
Police have renewed the search for a missing 61-year-old man after two explosions destroyed buildings on his property in Weimar-Lützendorf.
Investigators and search dogs began combing the site on Monday, with the search planned to continue through Wednesday.
The man lived in the destroyed house, and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Police believe the explosions were deliberately caused using gas cylinders.
The man had worked as an emergency doctor in Bad Berka before the incident.
- Who
- Police investigators and search dogs are searching for a missing 61-year-old resident.
- What
- Police have renewed a search for the man after two explosions destroyed his house and an outbuilding.
- When
- The latest search began on Monday, October 19, 2026, and was planned to continue through Wednesday.
- Where
- A property in Lützendorf, in northern Weimar, Germany.
- Why
- The man has been missing since the explosions, which police believe were deliberately caused using gas cylinders.
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Two explosions occurred on a property in Weimar-Lützendorf, destroying a house and an outbuilding.
Investigators began another search of the site with search dogs.
Police planned to search the property again, section by section.
- Missing man
- 61-year-old resident
- Search location
- Lützendorf, northern Weimar
- Search began
- Monday, October 19, 2026
- Buildings destroyed
- A house and an outbuilding
- Police theory
- Explosions were deliberately caused using gas cylinders