International Courant
A serious operation is happening in central Hamburg after a person threatened law enforcement officials with an ax, officers within the German metropolis say.
Police say the person, who’s receiving medical consideration, was shot and severely injured.
Based on media studies, the incident passed off close to a fan zone for supporters of the Dutch nationwide soccer group.
The Netherlands will play Poland within the Euro 2024 event within the metropolis in a while Sunday.
An preliminary police assertion stated a person threatened law enforcement officials with a pickaxe and an “incendiary system.”
Later, a Hamburg police spokesman advised the BBC that the suspect was armed with a pickaxe and had tried to ignite a petroleum bomb, however officers responded with pepper spray after which shot him.
The incident is alleged to have occurred round 12:30 native time (10:30 GMT).
Video footage posted on-line reveals a person wielding an ax in entrance of law enforcement officials earlier than a collection of suspected gunshots are heard.
The person has not been recognized by police and authorities haven’t commented on what motives they imagine have been behind the incident.
Rory Smith, chief soccer correspondent for the New York Occasions in Hamburg, stated the incident passed off on the Reeperbahn, a fundamental avenue and leisure space within the metropolis, only a few hundred meters from the Dutch fan zone.
BBC sports activities journalist Gary Rose, who can also be in Hamburg, stated preparations have been going as deliberate for the match, which begins at 3pm native time.
The stadium is positioned about eight kilometers from town heart the place the incident passed off.
There are about 30,000 Dutch followers within the metropolis, and possibly the same variety of Polish ones. There appears to be an excellent ambiance forward of the match, which seems to be unaffected by the incident.
