The Local Germany

WWII bomb defused in Ludwigshafen after 18,500 evacuated

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 18:57:02 +0200

A German bomb disposal team on Sunday successfully defused an unexploded World War II bomb that had forced the evacuation of 18,500 people in the city of Ludwigshafen.

Ghanaian king who lives in southern Germany gifts his people a jail

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:57:23 +0100

Céphas Bansah rules over 200,000 people in the east of Ghana from a city in southern Germany. On Friday the German Press Agency (DPA) reported on his latest endeavour.

Two dead, search goes on after chemical plant blast

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:34:59 +0200

Emergency services were still searching for two people who went missing after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in western Germany on Monday. Two people have been confirmed as victims of the blast.

Ludwigshafen blast: Did a cigarette do this?

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:36:00 +0100

Police are investigating reports that workers were smoking at a building site where a gas pipe exploded in Ludwigshafen on Thursday, killing one person and destroying part of the town.

Stay inside after blast, Ludwigshafen told

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:53:00 +0200

It will take several days to find out what caused a massive explosion on Thursday which rocked a town on the Rhine, killing a builder and injuring 26 others.

Man admits stabbing former teacher over poor marks

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:33:00 +0200

A 23-year-old man admitted before a Rhineland-Palatinate court on Tuesday to stabbing his former teacher to death for giving him bad marks.

Asian business boosts BASF Q1 profit

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:15:00 +0200

The world's leading chemical company, BASF, posted Thursday a better than expected first quarter profit on the back of strong demand from Asian economies and inventory build up.

BASF surprises with strong Q4 results

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:28:00 +0100

German chemicals giant BASF posted stronger than expected fourth quarter results on Thursday, saying the worst was over after its 2009 net profit was less than half from the previous year.

Weapons stockpile found at school attacker's home

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:09:00 +0100

Police issued an arrest warrant on Friday for the 23-year-old man who is suspected of stabbing his former teacher to death at a Ludwigshafen vocational school on Thursday. A search of his apartment revealed a stockpile of weaponry.

School attack leaves teacher dead

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:32:00 +0100

A former student is suspected of stabbing a teacher to death at a vocational school in Ludwigshafen on Thursday, but the police said a quick evacuation of the facility likely avoided a wider bloodbath.

Ludwigshafen fire 'unlikely' to be arson

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:24:00 +0100

German investigators have determined a tragic fire in February that killed nine Turkish residents in the southwestern city of Ludwigshafen was unlikely to have been arson.

Ludwigshafen tragedy began as a smouldering fire

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:44:00 +0100

German tabloid daily Bild has reported that the Ludwigshafen apartment fire that killed nine and injured 60 began as a smouldering fire under the building's floor.

Neo-Nazi graffiti found in Ludwigshafen fire scene

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:34:00 +0100

Suspected neo-Nazi graffiti has been found at a building housing a Turkish cultural centre and residential apartments in Ludwigshafen in which nine people died in a fire last night. The graffiti has fuelled speculation that the fire was a result of xenophobic arson. The German word for hate –hass – was written twice on the wall in SS-rune style writing. Police claim that the graffiti must have been put there before the fire.

Huge fire breaks out in Ludwigshafen

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:08:00 +0100

Nine people – including five children and a pregnant woman – died after an apartment building in the western city of Ludwigshafen burst into flames on Sunday night. About 60 people were injured.