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Yesterday at 1:36 PM
Hamburg
The person who threatened with an ax and a Molotov cocktail in Hamburg on Sunday afternoon didn’t goal Orange followers. That is what a spokeswoman for the police in Hamburg informed ANP. “We assume that it has nothing to do with soccer,” the spokeswoman stated. The person was shot by police within the purple mild district within the German metropolis.
He was shot within the leg and brought to hospital with accidents. His motive is underneath investigation. The person got here out of a catering institution and aimed the ax on the police, the spokeswoman stated. He additionally tried to mild the Molotov cocktail.
Photographs on social media present police working in the direction of the person. A number of pictures will also be heard. There are some bullet casings on the road. Police have cordoned off the facet avenue to the Reeperbahn and are investigating. The ax the person threatened with can be nonetheless on the road.
Eyewitnesses
A German tv journalist was an eyewitness to the incident. He and his cameraman have been taking photographs of followers who needed to board the metro to the stadium. He tells the ANP that the person got here from a kebab restaurant with an axe. “My colleague noticed him and shouted ‘weapon, weapon’, after which the police sprayed pepper spray on the threatener.”
“When the person continued to stroll in the direction of the officers, they lastly shot him,” he continues. “You’ve got in fact been shocked and do not know the way to react. You’re a bit in shock and do not know what to do,” stated the journalist.
The purple mild district was busy with soccer followers on the time of the incident. The Netherlands begins the primary group match on the European Championship towards Poland within the Volkspark Stadium at 3 p.m.
