Zwickau · SN
Man threatens police officers with knife in Zwickau
A 36-year-old man allegedly threatened police officers verbally on Tuesday evening in Zwickau after they were called to Schneppendorf because he was in a psychological crisis. According to police, he had previously injured himself with a knife and displayed the knife as well as a pistol-like object to the officers. When he decided to leave the scene, officers overpowered and disarmed him. The pistol-like object was an airsoft gun, and emergency personnel took the man to a specialist clinic. He is under investigation for making threats.
Source: www.medienservice.sachsen.de
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- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Zwickau, Saxony
- Category
- Knife threats
- Injury information
- Injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 1
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