2023-11-12 02:37:40
After around 34 hours, a major police operation against an armed man holed up in a house in the Havelland district has come to an end. The suspect was found by emergency services in the attic of the building around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday night, a police spokeswoman said. An emergency doctor was only able to determine death. The exact circumstances of the death must now be clarified. It initially remained unclear whether the man was shot by the emergency services or whether he committed suicide.
The large-scale police operation has kept the community of Milower Land in suspense since Friday afternoon. According to “Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg” The SEK had previously tried to storm the building, but had to abandon the attempt because the man is said to have opened fire with a submachine gun. None of the police officers were injured, as reported in the Message was called.
As they approached the house, police seized several weapons. Firearms, ammunition and other dangerous items were discovered on the residential property and in the house. There was also a hand grenade, a spokeswoman for the Brandenburg police told the German Press Agency on Saturday evening. “The suspect is a highly aggressive person,” said the police spokeswoman.
The child was handed over to the youth welfare office
According to the police, there was a decision from the district court, suggested by the youth welfare office. According to initial findings, the suspect and another man as well as a child and his mother were in the house when the emergency services arrived on Friday at 1:45 p.m. Numerous details are currently unclear – such as what relationship the adults had to each other.
According to the police, the mother left the house during the night and handed the child over to the youth welfare office. An arrest was also made late Friday afternoon. One of the men came out of the house with a weapon and was overpowered by police, a spokeswoman for the West Police Department told the German Press Agency on Saturday. According to the information, no one was injured.
Reporters reported detonation in front of the house
The municipality of Milower Land has around 4,400 inhabitants, and around 300 live in the Vieritz district. The police had called on residents to stay in their houses. The village is located about 20 kilometers northwest of Brandenburg an der Havel.
A dpa reporter reported a detonation in front of the house on Saturday afternoon. With their efforts, the police supported the youth welfare office in enforcing a district court decision. Due to an assumed risk to the child’s well-being, special units were also deployed to the site in the Milower Land district. They were supported by police officers from Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt.
Julia Schaaf and Lucia Schmidt Published/Updated: Recommendations: 42
The exact background to the incident was initially unclear. Residents reported family disputes in the affected residential building in the Vieritz district.
#Police #find #suspect #dead #attic