Explosion injures 3 at Sikh temple in western Germany

German police say three people have been injured in anapparently deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in the western cityof Essen, about an hour north of Cologne.

A spokesman for the Essen police told the Associated Press that amasked person is reported to have fled the scene shortly after theblast Saturday evening. Spokesman Lars Lindemann saidthe explosion was "quite violent," blowing out several windows.

One of the injured was said to be in a serious condition.

Lindemann says police are working on the assumption that theexplosion was caused deliberately but that there are no indicationsit was a terrorist incident.

He says the temple had hosted a weddingearlier in the day and those injured are believed to have been amongthe guests.