The police shot a person within the Laubacher Schlosspark (Giessen district) who is alleged to have beforehand threatened one other with a knife. The suspect was stopped and was injured within the leg, the police stated. There isn’t a hazard to life. There have been no different accidents. The police had beforehand tried to cease the person with a stun gun.
A passer-by alerted the officers round 8:15 p.m. as a result of he was being threatened with an extended knife by the person within the fortress park, as he reported. The police found the suspect within the park. To take the knife away from him, they first used the so-called distance electro-impulse gadget after which a weapon. Officers didn’t say how typically photographs have been fired.
The suspect with the knife is now being investigated. The Giessen public prosecutor’s workplace additionally initiated proceedings into using firearms by the police.
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