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A man tried to attack the Dutch fanzone in Hamburg. The police sprayed him with pepper spray, chased him down the street but were forced to shoot to neutralize the threat. The suspect was hospitalized.
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This Sunday morning, a man armed with an ax threatened to invade a fan zone in the German city of Hamburg, where the Poland-Holland match was played at 2:00 p.m.
Euro 2024. A man armed with an ax and incendiary products injured by police in the Hamburg fanzone
The man tried to break into a fan zone Dutch around 14:00 local time (13:00 Portuguese time), threatening He police and the people They were there with an axe. Using pepper spray, the police managed to scare away the man, who fled down the street. The police chased him and ended up shoot the manwho was seriously injured and is receiving hospital treatment.
In the Hamburg fanzone there were hundreds of Dutch fans waiting for the start of the match. German newspaper Bild reported that the suspect also had a Molotov cocktail.
“According to initial information, a person threatened the police with an ax and an incendiary device. You emergency services made use of his Firearms. “The attacker was injured and is currently receiving medical treatment,” said the german police in a sentence.
Phew #SaintPauli kommt es aktuell zu einem größeren Polizeieinsatz.
Nach ersten Erkenntnissen hat eine Person Polizeikräfte mit einer Spitzhacke und einem Brandsatz bedroht. Die Einsatzkräfte machten in der Folge von ihrer Schusswaffe Gebrauch. Der Angreifer wurde dabei verletzt und… pic.twitter.com/gSCVwbq2NH— Polizei Hamburg (@PolizeiHamburg) June 16, 2024
However, videos of confrontation were publicized on the social network X (formerly Twitter). In it firstyou see the man flee and the police running after him; Although you don’t see the shooting itself, you can hear the sound of gunshots.
oh the second is more explicit and shows the entire confrontation: the arrival and attempted invasion of the man, with an axe; oh stroke the police with pepper spray; He persecution and the shooting.
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Source: Observadora
