Police forces carry out an intervention this Saturday in the center of Dresden, Germany, for a “suspicion of hostage-taking,” the local police announced in a press release.
“We are in contact” with the suspect, police said, adding that intervention and “negotiation” groups were also “on site.”
No details were given about the presence and number of possible hostages.
The shooter allegedly killed his mother first.
Various media, including the daily ImageFor their part, they specified that a man armed with a pistol had taken refuge in a store in a shopping center after having previously tried to enter the facilities of a radio station in this city of Saxony. He reportedly fired several shots at the radio door, but was unable to open it.
The 40-year-old shooter would have killed his mother first, before trying to enter the radio station and then take refuge in the shopping center, it adds Image.
The nearby shopping center and the Christmas market, one of the most famous in Germany, are “closed”, according to the police.
Source: BFM TV
