- 4 loud bangs have been heard ringing out near the Reeperbahn, in Hamburg
That is the dramatic second armed German police shut in on an axeman close to a Euros fan zone immediately earlier than taking pictures him.
A person wearing black wields an axe and holds a firebomb close to the Reppenbahm, in Hamburg, as he bellows at officers who’re standing behind a barrier.
Video footage exhibits him carrying a rucksack within the busy district the place close by tens of 1000’s of Dutch followers have been participating in a peaceable march simply hours earlier than the Netherlands conflict with Poland.
He turns his again as he’s doused in pepper spray and runs up the road as passers-by scurry throughout the street.
Officers climb over the limitations and chase after him earlier than 4 loud bangs ring out. The person then falls to the bottom.
Cops imagine he’s a ‘lone perpetrator’ and say he’s at the moment receiving medical therapy.
That is the dramatic second armed German police shut in on an axeman close to a Euros fan zone immediately earlier than taking pictures him
The person wearing black wields an axe and holds a firebomb close to the Reppenbahm, in Hamburg, as he bellows at officers who’re standing behind a barrier.
He turns his again as he’s doused in pepper spray and runs up the road as passers-by scurry throughout the street
Riot police swooped in and fired pictures at an axe-wielding man after he allegedly began to threaten officers
The assault reportedly passed off at about 12.30pm native time.
Hamburg police wrote on X/ Twitter: ‘At #StPauli there may be at the moment a significant police operation.
‘Based on preliminary findings, an individual threatened cops with a pickaxe and an incendiary gadget. The police then used their firearms. The attacker was injured and is at the moment receiving medical therapy.’
The incident got here after 1000’s of German officers policed the tens of 1000’s of Dutch followers, who turned Hamburg’s Reeperbahn pink gentle district right into a sea of orange on Saturday night time.
The night time appeared to move off with out incident, with few Poles current and little signal of the Dutch changing into aggressive.
German police have immediately shot an axeman close to a Euros fan zone throughout a Dutch supporters march
Police cordon off an space close to the Reeperbahn in Hamburg after a person allegedly started threatening an officer with an axe
4 loud bangs rang out near the Reeperbahn, in Hamburg, the place Netherlands and Polish supporters have been gathering forward of immediately’s sport
Round 40,000 Dutch supporters have been participating in a peaceable march when a person wielding a gold-coloured axe started to assault an officer
Netherland followers are pictured throughout their Fan Stroll on the official UEFA Fan Zone
British police stated earlier than the event that the popularity of the nationwide crew’s followers was much better than the membership followers who’ve introduced carnage to membership competitors.
Photos on social media had earlier proven 1000’s of Netherlands supporters within the metropolis having fun with the build-up to the Group D sport, which is scheduled to kick off at 2pm BST.
The sport is happening at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion, with town’s fan park located within the St Pauli district.
