According to initial findings, a 33-year-old man caused a disturbance in an apartment building in the evening, as the police in Dortmund announced. “According to witnesses, he was also carrying a knife.” When the alerted officers arrived, a threatening situation for the emergency services developed, according to the information. “As a result, firearms were used against the 33-year-old.” He suffered fatal injuries.
Criminal investigation underway
A spokesman for the police in Dortmund said that it was not yet possible to say how many police officers were on site during the operation and who had used the weapon. The criminal investigation department in Dortmund took over the investigation for reasons of neutrality.
Only on Tuesday, a suspected attacker armed with knives was killed by police gunfire in Moers on the Lower Rhine.
