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Munich shooting: Several injured as shots fired 'after attacker steals policewoman's gun' in subway station | Munich shooting: Several injured as shots fired 'after attacker steals policewoman's gun' in subway station |
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Several people were injured, including a police officer, in a shooting early Tuesday at a Munich subway station, police said. | Several people were injured, including a police officer, in a shooting early Tuesday at a Munich subway station, police said. |
Munich police said in a tweet that the policewoman's injuries were serious and that several other people had been injured, and that the suspect was in custody. | |
The shooting occurred during a morning police check at the Unterfoehring subway station, Munich police spokesman Michael Riehlein said. | |
He had no further details, but Munich's Merkur newspaper reported that witnesses said the suspect took a police officer's pistol and shot her, and also injured others at the scene. | |
Mr Riehlein said the area has been secured and that there was no danger to the wider public. | Mr Riehlein said the area has been secured and that there was no danger to the wider public. |
"There is no danger to the public," said a spokesperson for the police. | |
Bavarian radio reported: "According to police information it is probably not a terrorist attack". | Bavarian radio reported: "According to police information it is probably not a terrorist attack". |
A police spokesperson confirmed that there was no terrorist aspect to the attack. | |
"The sole male perpetrator was motivated by personal reasons," authorities said. "There is no political or religious background here." | |
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