On the spot
Hamburg
“Weapons!” shouts a witness. Then pictures are fired
Backpack on the scene: Police shot a person armed with a pickaxe and a Molotov cocktail close to the Reeperbahn in Hamburg
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1000’s of followers are celebrating the European Championship occasion on Hamburg’s Reeperbahn. Then pictures are fired. Video exhibits dramatic scenes.
The truth that one thing has already occurred within the surroundings See Reeperbahn. State and federal police minibuses are parked in Hamburg’s neighborhood, with automobiles parked one behind the opposite blocking entry to the world-famous leisure mile. A helicopter circles over the St. Pauli.
The police have arrange boundaries across the scene of the crime, on the nook of Reeperbahn and Silbersackstrasse – nobody can get by means of. Pictures had been fired shortly earlier than, on the day of the European Championship match between the Netherlands and Poland, just a few kilometers to the north-west in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion.
1000’s of revelers on the Reeperbahn
Dramatic scenes should have taken place, as police spokeswoman Sandra Levgrün describes it in an interview with finish. “Round 12:30 pm, a person with a hoe and a Molotov cocktail ran out of a bar and in direction of passers-by,” the official stated. “The police then used the firearm.” The attacker was taken to hospital. There are not any different accidents.
On the time of the incident, 1000’s of Dutch followers had been celebrating in the summertime climate on the Reeperbahn, passing the “Do Mundo” kebab store, singing, waving flags and looking out ahead to the duel with Poland. Many had been most likely on their solution to the stadium or the official fan pageant a kilometer away on the different finish of the Reeperbahn. A big contingent of police accompanied the marching followers – and maybe prevented something worse from occurring.
Reeperbahn
Incident in Hamburg: Photos of the police operation
A witness later stated he noticed the attacker come out the door and stated “Gun!” known as. A video of the seconds might comply with finish look. A protecting ring of cops instantly seems in entrance of the gang and the attacker, wearing darkish clothes, approaches the officers. In his left hand is a brown bottle with a rag hanging from his neck, and in his proper hand what seems to be a hammer just like that utilized by roofers to chop up slates. The officers don’t retreat and draw their weapons. Civilian investigators additionally method the gunman with pistols drawn. Then pictures are fired and the person falls to the bottom on Silbersackstrasse. The hazard is over.
Some warning pictures
It’s stated on the scene that a number of warning pictures had been fired first. The investigation must present every little thing else. “No officer desires a scenario like this,” says authority spokesman Levgrün. The Division of Inside Investigations in Hamburg now additionally conducts an everyday investigation to test whether or not the usage of the firearm was authorized.
However the viewers this Sunday night was way more involved with the query of what was behind the assault. Witnesses declare to have heard the person’s voice as he left the restaurant, says Levgrün. “However they could not even acknowledge the language.” Investigators nonetheless had no clues a few motive within the hours after the assault. It’s stated that the person could have a psychological sickness. It isn’t but clear whether or not the European Soccer Championship is concerned. Police are unable to supply any details about the person’s identification right now.
Most celebrated soccer followers had been unaware of the incident. “There was a celebration environment, it was absurd, it was loud,” says police spokesman Levgrün. It was solely when increasingly police arrived on the scene of the crime {that a} riot broke out. However there was no hint of panic.
A continuing occasion environment
Regardless of the averted assault on the Reeperbahn, the police don’t imagine there’s an elevated menace to the preliminary spherical match within the Volkspark and the fan pageant on the Heiligengeistfeld. The safety precautions are extraordinarily excessive anyway.
Life continues across the scene of the crime shortly after the pictures: previews of the European Championship match are happening within the bars and the faucets are working steadily. Dutch and Polish followers are wanting ahead to a soccer pageant. Phrase acquired round that dramatic scenes had not too long ago taken place just some meters away, however there was no concern within the neighbourhood. “There are such a lot of police right here,” says a fan wearing orange finish. “We are going to maintain celebrating.”
In the meantime the sky over Hamburg has develop into cloudy and it’s raining. Tv reporters from everywhere in the world reported from the Reeperbahn in regards to the incident on the sidelines of the European Championship match. Behind them, the police continued to method Silbersackstrasse. The attacker’s backpack, a damaged brown bottle and the sledge hammer lie on the asphalt within the rain. half-hour will begin in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion. Within the night they’ll have a good time right here once more on the Reeperbahn, the followers from Poland and the Netherlands. And the police can be there too.
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