A large-scale operation of the police shook Kitzingen Iphofen in the district. Parts of downtown were cordoned off. A man had holed up with a gun.
Update, 17.20: An armed man triggered on Friday afternoon in the lower Franconian town of Iphofen (district of Kitzingen) in a large-scale operation of the police. The man who had as a hunter is legal on several weapons, had holed up in his apartment. Parts of downtown were blocked off, a SWAT team moved in.
relatives of the man had alerted the police. Officials eventually managed to contact the man, who was apparently in a “mental state”, the police announced. The 78-Year-old was then prisoner. He was brought in a district hospital. The background of the incident were initially unclear. A police spokesman spoke of “family problems”.
police in Kitzingen is finished
Update 16: 44: The police operation has been finished according to information from the BR. The armed man was no resistance, be detained. The presumption is that the hunter is in a mental state of exception, seem to have been confirmed.
first message, 15.44 PM
Iphofen – Because of an armed man in an apartment in Iphofen (Landkreis Kitzingen) has cordoned off the police parts of the city. A special task force was on Friday afternoon in front of a place, a spokesman said. The officers attempted to contact the hunters in contact.
Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany: police in the large-scale operation: man with gun in apartment
relatives of a man the police were alerted. This was in a mental state of emergency, said the spokesman. He had several hunting weapons. For the population there is no danger. The backgrounds were initially unclear.
dpa
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