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Police say the person who died in a fire at a refugee centre in northern Germany on Monday was a 28-year-old man from Ethiopia. The man’s body was found in a room at the facility in the town of Buchholz in the state of Lower Saxony on Monday after an explosion caused a fire. Investigators believe he probably caused the explosion himself, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. A decision on whether to carry out a post-mortem examination would be taken after consultations with the public prosecutor’s office, the statement said. The investigation is currently focusing on the motive and backgr…

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