UK: Girl, 13, is injured as explosives detonate in street and police keep 'open mind' on whether blast is terror-related

A 13-year-old girl was injured after explosives detonated on a residential street – with police keeping an ‘open mind’ about whether the incident was terror related.

Neighbours said they heard two blasts ring out just after midnight on the road in Tipton, West Midlands, leading to a huge emergency services response.

The injured girl was taken to hospital and a man and a woman treated at the scene. Residents were evacuated before the bomb squad arrived to make the devices safe.