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Four people are killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2024-03-4

Twelve people are injured in an explosion at an apartment complex in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A 57-year-old man is arrested.
2023-05-11

A tornado passes through the city of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, leaving a man dead and 43 injured and several buildings severely damaged.
2022-05-20

Three people are charged in Germany for killing and causing an explosion by recklessness at a chemical park in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in July. Seven people were killed and 31 others were injured.
2021-10-19

Two people are killed, 31 are injured and five more are missing after an explosion at an industrial park housing several chemical companies in Leverkusen, NRW, Germany.
2021-07-27

The death toll from the severe floods in western Germany increases to 133. Ninety people died in Rhineland-Palatinate and 43 died in North Rhine-Westphalia. The death toll in Belgium also increases to 27.
2021-07-16

Three people are killed when a microlight aircraft crashes into a home in Wesel, NRW, Germany.
2020-07-25

A statue of former Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin is officially unveiled in the German city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is first ever statue of a Soviet figure in the former West Germany. Despite strong opposition from local officials, the state court in Münster has blocked attempts to remove it.
2020-06-20

German Health Minister Jens Spahn declines to run for leadership of the ruling Christian Democratic Union party, and endorses North Rhine-Westphalia Minister-President Armin Laschet for the position.
2020-02-25

Police shoot dead a Turkish man who tried to attack officers with a knife in the city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Police say a search of the man's flat later did not suggest a terrorist motive and that he was mentally ill.
2020-01-6