Two people were arrested hostage from a man armed within a Pharmacy To Karlsruhe, in Germany. Some residents had reported something Shoot, then repeated calls to the police led to the agents closing down the area. After a few hours the man was arrested. The kidnapper had asked one million euros as hostage.
Gunman hostages in a pharmacy in Germany what happened
The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 10 in downtown Karlsruhe, Germany.
At 4:30 p.m., some local residents alerted the authorities after a few shots signaling the presence of a gunman at a pharmacy on the same days a county fair was taking place.
Police have surrounded a pharmacy in Germany after a gunman took two people hostage
The man owned oneweapon. As ‘Bild’ reports, the kidnapper began negotiations for the release of the hostages after the police officers arrived.
The ransom negotiation
A group of police officers, “armed to the teeth”, according to a local resident, surrounded the building where the pharmacy is located and began chasing the kidnapper.
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The latter allegedly demanded around one million euros for the release of the hostages. For this, the agents have started a long negotiation.
Meanwhile, the police had locked the area that advises everyone to avoid this area.
In the same hours the show of a cinephile pedagogue should take place, Martin Ruetterwhile at the concert hall A concert was expected. Both events were canceled for obvious reasons.
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The arrest
After hours of negotiation, the agents finally managed to break into the pharmacy and were able to free the hostages and arrest the kidnapper.
Despite the explosions, the kidnapping was fortunately felt at the beginning – reports the police spokesman Dennis Krull – There were no injuries.
At the moment, neither the identity of the kidnapper nor his age is known.
Fortunately, the story ended positively. Many feared a repeat of the tragedy in Dresden, where a man later kidnapped some people in a shopping center killed the mother.
A man had also taken hostages in a shop in Amsterdam, fortunately without serious consequences.
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