As of: March 31, 2024 10:10 a.m
Shots were fired during a police operation in Nienburg (Weser) on Saturday. A 46-year-old man armed with a knife was fatally injured and a policewoman was seriously injured.
The officer was taken to a clinic in a rescue helicopter. Her life was out of danger, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday afternoon. In the evening, the Verden public prosecutor’s office and the police confirmed in a joint press release that the police officer was “seriously injured during the use of police firearms.” How it came about that she was hit by a bullet from a police weapon is now being investigated.
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Man is said to have threatened his girlfriend
According to the information, the 46-year-old apparently threatened his girlfriend with a knife in his apartment, the woman fled and alerted the police at 9:55 a.m. According to the police, a “long-term” operation then began. The man is said to have failed to comply with the police’s repeated requests. Instead, he attacked the officers and a service dog with a knife, as the public prosecutor and police said. The police fired several shots, which fatally injured the 46-year-old. Aside from the police officer who was shot, no other officers were injured in the operation, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday. According to the information, the man’s partner remained physically unharmed. The newspaper “Die Harke” first reported on the incident. According to media reports, the 46-year-old is said to have attacked and injured a federal police officer in Hamburg last Thursday.
Verden police are investigating
The crime scene in a residential area was cordoned off over a large area on Saturday. In the afternoon, forensic teams arrived. They searched the house and the street and took photos. For reasons of neutrality, the Verden/Osterholz police station took over the investigation. Investigators are asking any witnesses to the incident to come forward Telephone number (04231) 80 60 Report to.
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