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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
German police shoot and kill female knife attacker
A woman has been shot dead by police at the Theresienwiese in Munich after she attacked and injured at least two people with a knife, according to information obtained by the DPA news agency. The police said officers fired at the 30-year-old, who was then taken to hospital. According to information from DPA, she succumbed to her injuries there although the police initially did not confirm this. The police said the woman initially injured a man with a knife in the area behind the Theresienwiese, home to the world famous Oktoberfest. Shortly afterwards, she injured another woman with the knife. The condition of the two was not immediately known. It was also unclear whether the woman had any connection to them. Several patrols were dispatched to arrest the woman, who continued to wield the knife. Police then opened fire. The number of shots fired could not initially be determined, according to police. The woman was taken from the scene to a Munich hospital. There was no danger to the general public, police said in a brief initial statement to the media in the evening. The case brings back memories of an incident at Hamburg's main train station about two weeks ago: a woman randomly stabbed people on a platform for long-distance trains that was crowded with passengers. According to police, 18 people were injured in the attack. Officers arrested the 39-year-old woman and a magistrate ordered her placement in a psychiatric clinic.
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Woman, 30, shot dead by armed cops after ‘attacking two people with knife' in square used for Oktoberfest
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman has been shot dead by armed cops after attacking people with a knife in a square used for Oktoberfest. The perpetrator reportedly stabbed a 56-year-old man before then attacking a 25-year-old woman in Theresienwiese, Munich. 2 2 Cops shot the attacker - who is said to be Bulgarian - with a service weapon on the corner of St Pauls Square and Bavariang. She died in the hospital after undergoing emergency surgery, Bild reports. The area currently remains cordoned off to the public with armed cops alongside Munich's Criminal Investigation Department at the scene. Sniffer dogs are also on the hunt for any clues while bandages were harrowingly seen on the ground at the Oktoberfest site. The motive behind the attack remains unknown. Joachim Herrman, Bavaria's Interior Minister, told Bild: "I am very grateful to the Munich police for their swift intervention and stopping the knife attacker. "Her death is regrettable, but unfortunately, it was probably unavoidable." According to cops, the victims suffered "minor injuries".
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Police shoot, kill woman attacking passersby in Munich with a knife
The police shot and killed a woman who attacked passersby with a knife in the Theresienwiese, a major park in Munich, according to information obtained by dpa. The police have not confirmed the shooting, which was first reported by the Bild newspaper. The tabloid paper reported that the woman injured several people with a knife. The police than shot her and she was taken to hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery but died shortly thereafter. There was no immediate confirmation of the newspaper's report. The Theresienwiese is home to the world famous Oktoberfest beer festival in the Bavarian capital.
