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Police shoot & injure man at Berlin hospital after he threatened officer ‘with weapon’ | |
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Police fired shots and injured a person at a hospital in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, according to a statement from law enforcement. The suspect earlier threatened an officer “with a weapon,” police said. | |
The hospital and surrounding areas have been cordoned off, the German DPA news agency reports. | |
Later, a police spokeswoman told the local news outlets that police opened fire on a man near the hospital and injured him in the leg. | |
The man allegedly attacked the officers, forcing them to open fire, German Der Tagesspiegel daily reports. | |
The incident took place near the Klinikum Am Urban medical facility – the only hospital in the Kreuzberg neighborhood. |