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| Shooting incident in Dueren, Germany, part of city center on lockdown | Shooting incident in Dueren, Germany, part of city center on lockdown |
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| Shooting has been reported in the town of Dueren in northwest Germany. German media report that there is a “heavy police presence” at the scene, adding that the Old Town has been closed off. | Shooting has been reported in the town of Dueren in northwest Germany. German media report that there is a “heavy police presence” at the scene, adding that the Old Town has been closed off. |
| The shooting occurred at a hairdressing salon, DPA reports, citing police. There has been “at least one shot,” a police spokeswoman told journalists, adding that it’s still unclear if there are any casualties. | The shooting occurred at a hairdressing salon, DPA reports, citing police. There has been “at least one shot,” a police spokeswoman told journalists, adding that it’s still unclear if there are any casualties. |
| Germany’s Focus magazine reports that a man has barricaded himself in an apartment located not far from the shooting scene, and that he may have taken at least one person hostage. | Germany’s Focus magazine reports that a man has barricaded himself in an apartment located not far from the shooting scene, and that he may have taken at least one person hostage. |
| According to local media, a man entered the hairdressing salon and insulted a woman. He then allegedly fired several shots and ran. | |
| Reports state that the same man later barricaded himself in a nearby apartment. | |
| A police special forces unit (SEK) is now preparing to storm the apartment, local media say. | |
| Meanwhile, another shooting incident happened in the town of Hagen, located about 100km away from Dueren, German N-TV reports. | |
| There, a man armed "with a sword or a long knife" was shot dead by police, DPA reports. The man was chasing another man, who was already injured. | |
| Police officers demanded that the man drop his weapon. After the armed suspect ignored a warning shot, an officer shot him. The motives of the armed man are still unclear. Hagen police have not yet issued any official statement concerning the incident. |