Germany: Police wounds girl in stand-off at hospital
An hours-long stand-off inside a hospital in Aachen within the western German state of North-Rhine Westphalia got here to an finish late Monday when police overpowered a 65-year-old girl who had barricaded herself in a room.
“As the woman did not respond when spoken to, the police officers used their firearms to put an end to the dangerous situation,” a police assertion stated.
The girl was severely wounded and wheeled out of the ability on a stretcher.
Police stated no different people on the hospital had been injured.
Smoke detected at hospital
Police dispatched particular forces to the positioning after the girl, who was from the close by city of Eschweiler, entered the hospital on Monday afternoon. They believed that the girl had suicidal intentions.
She had a blank-firing gun along with her and threatened workers of a physiotherapy apply contained in the hospital, in response to the police account.
Later, smoke was detected within the space. Bild, a mass-circulation German newspaper, reported that the girl had set off pyrotechnics contained in the hospital. The police, the fireplace division, and hospital representatives all declined to touch upon the report.
The web site and the encompassing space had been evacuated.
Almost 400 sufferers and employees had been inside the ability in the course of the stand-off.
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jsi/dj (dpa)
