Erfurt · TH
Man threatens police officers with knives in Erfurt
A 38-year-old man threatened attending police officers with knives at an apartment building in Erfurt on Sunday evening. Residents had called police because of his aggressive and conspicuous behaviour. The man barricaded himself inside his flat and repeatedly appeared at a window holding knives. The building was evacuated before specialist officers ended the situation and overpowered him. He sustained minor injuries and was taken to a specialist clinic for psychiatric assessment; police officers and neighbours were uninjured.
Source: www.presseportal.de
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- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Erfurt, Thuringia
- Category
- Knife threats
- Injury information
- Minor injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 1
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