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| 'Rampage situation' as two killed in shooting in German city of Halle | |
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| Authorities in the eastern German city of Halle say they are dealing with a “rampage situation” after several gunmen reportedly tried to enter a synagogue in the city, killing two. | |
| Several shots were fired in the Paulus quarter north of the city centre around midday, police said. The head of the the Jewish community in Halle, Max Privorotzki, told Spiegel magazine that gunmen in military gear had tried to force their way into a synagogue in the area but were repelled by security personnel. | |
| The Jewish community is currently celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. There were about 70 to 80 people in the synagogue at the time of the incident, Privorotzki said. | |
| Police later said one suspect had been arrested but urged people to remain careful. It did not give any details of the person arrested and said police were in the process of stabilising the situation. | Police later said one suspect had been arrested but urged people to remain careful. It did not give any details of the person arrested and said police were in the process of stabilising the situation. |
| “Our forces have detained one person,” a tweet from the police said. “We remain alert, however. We have deployed forces in and around Halle and are trying to stabilise the situation until we have all the relevant information.” | “Our forces have detained one person,” a tweet from the police said. “We remain alert, however. We have deployed forces in and around Halle and are trying to stabilise the situation until we have all the relevant information.” |
| Unsere Kräfte haben eine Person festgenommen.Bleiben Sie trotzdem weiterhin wachsam. Wir sind mit starken Kräften in und um #Halle präsent und stabilisieren die Lage, bis alle Informationen gesichert vorliegen.#hal0910 | Unsere Kräfte haben eine Person festgenommen.Bleiben Sie trotzdem weiterhin wachsam. Wir sind mit starken Kräften in und um #Halle präsent und stabilisieren die Lage, bis alle Informationen gesichert vorliegen.#hal0910 |
| The Bild and Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspapers reported one of the shootings took place near a synagogue. | |
| A resident interviewed by news agency dpa said a man dressed “like a policeman” had taken aim and shot a young girl with an automatic rifle outside the synagogue, and then thrown a hand grenade over a wall at the Jewish cemetery. The report could not be confirmed. | |
| Another eyewitness said a man wearing a military outfit and a helmet had walked up to a kebab shop on nearby Schillerstrasse and thrown a stun grenade at the building that bounced off the door frame. The man had then fired a shot inside the kebab shop, where five or six people were present, the eyewitness said. | |
| The central train station has been closed while the area is under lockdown, rail company Deutsche Bahn said. | The central train station has been closed while the area is under lockdown, rail company Deutsche Bahn said. |
| Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report | Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report |
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