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The blast occurred around 8:00 local time in Charlottenburg, a district in western Berlin, according to city police spokesman Stefan Petersen, CNN reported.

The man who was killed was driving the Volkswagen Passat when it exploded, said Carsten Mueller, another police spokesman.

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Tuesday's explosion occurred along the main thoroughfare of Bismarckstrasse in the large, residential western Berlin neighborhood, according to the report.