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3 days ago
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German police fatally wound man on Czech border as he flees
A fleeing motorist who fired at German police near a border crossing with the Czech Republic was fatally wounded by return fire, police said on Sunday. The officers conducting spot checks stopped the man's car in the Schirnding region on the border on Saturday afternoon when the 47-year-old driver attempted to flee on foot, firing at police as he ran. Officers returned fire, injuring the man fatally. No police officers were injured. The police report did not reveal why the man had been stopped. Police and prosecutors reported later that the man was an Iranian who had lived in the German city of Mannheim for years. "Police are currently assuming that the man was on his way back from a trip to buy drugs in the Czech Republic, as he had a few hundred grams of 'crystal' on him," they said, in an apparent reference to the illegal drug methamphetamine. They provided no information on the man's firearm.
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3 days ago
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A man opens fire on German police near the Czech border and is shot dead
German federal police officers gesture towards a train driver near a border crossing point between Germany and Czech Republic at the station in Furth am Wald, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) BERLIN — A man was fatally shot near Germany's border with the Czech Republic after a federal police patrol stopped his car for a check and he fired at officers, police said Sunday. The shooting occurred on a road between Schirnding and Münchenreuth, just inside Germany, on Saturday afternoon. Bavarian police said the driver left his car and fired at the officers, who returned fire and fatally wounded him. He died at the scene. The driver, who was alone in the car, was identified as a 47-year-old Iranian who had lived in the Mannheim area of southwestern Germany for several years. Police believe he was returning from a trip to the Czech Republic to buy drugs, as he was carrying a 'low three-digit gram' quantity of crystal meth, according to a Bavarian police statement. The Associated Press
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3 days ago
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A man opens fire on German police near the Czech border and is shot dead
BERLIN (AP) — A man was fatally shot near Germany's border with the Czech Republic after a federal police patrol stopped his car for a check and he fired at officers, police said Sunday. The shooting occurred on a road between Schirnding and Münchenreuth, just inside Germany, on Saturday afternoon. Bavarian police said the driver left his car and fired at the officers, who returned fire and fatally wounded him. He died at the scene. The driver, who was alone in the car, was identified as a 47-year-old Iranian who had lived in the Mannheim area of southwestern Germany for several years. Police believe he was returning from a trip to the Czech Republic to buy drugs, as he was carrying a 'low three-digit gram' quantity of crystal meth, according to a Bavarian police statement.
Associated Press
3 days ago
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A man opens fire on German police near the Czech border and is shot dead
BERLIN (AP) — A man was fatally shot near Germany's border with the Czech Republic after a federal police patrol stopped his car for a check and he fired at officers, police said Sunday. The shooting occurred on a road between Schirnding and Münchenreuth, just inside Germany, on Saturday afternoon. Bavarian police said the driver left his car and fired at the officers, who returned fire and fatally wounded him. He died at the scene. The driver, who was alone in the car, was identified as a 47-year-old Iranian who had lived in the Mannheim area of southwestern Germany for several years. Police believe he was returning from a trip to the Czech Republic to buy drugs, as he was carrying a 'low three-digit gram' quantity of crystal meth, according to a Bavarian police statement.
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4 days ago
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Germany updates: Mannheim to remember knife attack victim
German authorities will unveil a memorial plaque commemorating a police officer who died due to a knife attack in the city of Mannheim last year. In other news, the number of naturalizations in Germany hit a record level in 2024 after a citizenship reform went into effect. In regards to irregular migration, Germany's interior minister hopes for an EU-wide consensus on sending failed asylum seekers to third countries. Here's a roundup of the latest news stories from Germany on May 31, 2025: The western German city of Mannheim plans to remember the 29-year-old police officer Rouven Laur on Saturday in the market square where he was stabbed one year ago. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl, and Mannheim Mayor Christian Specht are expected to unveil a memorial plaque providing information about the May 31, 2024, incident. A floor slab commemorating the Laur will also be presented. The fatal stabbing last year also wounded five people who participated in a rally organized by the anti-Islam Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (BPE). The now 26-year-old suspected Islamist perpetrator, identified as Sulaiman A, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. His trial has been taking place at the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court since February. Guten Tag from the team in DW's Bonn newsroom, where we bring you reports covering the main headlines in Germany. Here, you can read headlines, analyses, multimedia content, and DW on-the-ground reporting on everything to do with Europe's largest economy.
