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Five injured in Frankfurt biker shootout

Five people were injured in a shootout among a biker gang in Frankfurt am Main in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Published: 3 July 2014 13:50 CEST
Five injured in Frankfurt biker shootout
One of the shots in Frankfurt. Photo: DPA

Four men, aged 31, 32, 35 and 43, were each shot once, sustaining injuries to their shoulders, legs and upper bodies.

Three of the injured were taken to hospital, but none are in a life-threatening condition.

A 46-year-old man was also injured in the arm in the confrontation in the Bahnhofsviertel district of central Frankfurt.

“The background of the shooting is believed to be a dispute between members of a biker gang,” police said in a statement.

After the shots were fired the gangs sped off in their vehicles. Police said they were unsure how many bikers were involved.

Police added the investigation was moving slowly because of the unwillingness of the victims to talk. No arrests have been made.

A 28-year-old from the biker scene was killed in a shooting in April this year in a park in Frankfurt.

SEE ALSO: Berlin bans Hells Angels' symbol 

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Emergency numbers fail in several German states

Callers to the emergency numbers 110 and 112 weren’t able to reach operators Thursday morning in several German states.

Published: 11 November 2021 09:37 CET
The 112 emergency number on an ambulance.
The 112 emergency number on an ambulance. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Boris Roessler

The emergency number 110 for police and 112 for fire crews failed around the country early Thursday morning, with callers unable to reach emergency operators for urgent assistance between about 4:30 am and 5:40 am local time.

The Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Aid is looking into these outages, which were reported in states including Lower Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, and  Brandenburg, and in major cities like Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, and Frankfurt. Cologne was further affected by cuts to electricity, drinking water, and regular telephone services. Lower Saxony also saw disruptions to the internal phone networks of police and hospitals.

Emergency services are not reporting any more disturbances and people should be able to once again reach 110 and 112 around the country as normal.

Investigators are looking into the problem, but haven’t yet established a cause or any consequences that may have happened due to the outage. Provider Deutsche Telekom says they have ruled out the possibility of an attack by hackers.

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