During a SEK operation in Berlin-Nikolassee, a 46-year-old man was shot dead by police in his apartment.
According to police and prosecutors, the man threatened a 49-year-old with a firearm on Saturday morning at a caravan site on Potsdamer Chaussee. According to reports, the man chased the attacker away, followed him to an apartment building on Dreilindenstrasse and called the police.
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When the SEK gained access to the man’s apartment at around 2:45 p.m. with a judge’s order, he is said to have immediately opened fire. The police fired back and fatally wounded the 46-year-old.
Several ambulances and a rescue helicopter were on site. A homicide squad is investigating on behalf of the public prosecutor’s office, as is usual in such cases, police said.
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