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Active hostage situation in Dresden shopping centre

Police say an armed man has taken people hostage in the German city of Dresden.

Published: 10 December 2022 12:04 CET
A sign for a police station in Germany (symbol picture).
Photo: picture alliance/dpa/dpa-Zentralbild | Jan Woitas

There is an active hostage situation in a shopping centre in the city of Dresden, in eastern Germany, according to German media reports.

According to BILD, an armed man killed an elderly woman on Saturday morning then shot at the Radio Dresden offices with a pistol. He reportedly then fled to the Altmarktgalerie shopping centre and took hostages in a pharmacy. 

Deutsche Welle reports that the nearby Striezelmarkt Christmas market has been closed.

A police operation is ongoing, and Dresden police have asked residents and tourists to avoid the city centre.

More to follow.

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German Die Linke politician attacked in Thuringia

A politician from Germany's socialist Die Linke party was insulted and attacked in a supermarket in Eisenberg, Thuringia on Friday.

Published: 8 June 2024 12:22 CEST
German Die Linke politician attacked in Thuringia

At the supermarket checkout, a man insulted the party’s state election candidate Steffen Much without reason and grabbed him by his T-shirt, the party’s regional association said on Saturday.

Much was unharmed, according to party sources, and filed a police report against the attacker, who he knew.

“I am glad that Steffen Much was not physically harmed,” said the co-chairman of the Left Party’s regional association, Christian Schaft.

“Insults and attacks like these are intended to intimidate everyone who is committed to an open and democratic society.”

There have been several attacks on politicians across the country recently.

READ ALSO: German far-right AfD candidate attacked with knife in Mannheim

The Thuringia state elections take place on 1 September.

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