2024-01-27 09:02:57
According to security circles, the hostage taker from Münsterplatz in Ulm initially had six people in his power on Friday evening. This emerges from a situation report from the Ministry of the Interior. He then released five. He threatened a hostage with a gun and demanded that he be shot by the police.
The perpetrator was seriously injured by shots fired by emergency services and was taken to hospital. He underwent surgery there and is out of danger. The Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office has taken over the investigation. The hostages remained unharmed.
According to the police, the motive is still unclear. The suspect left the shop on Münsterplatz with a hostage at around 8:20 p.m. to escape. That’s when the police shot. “We assume that the perpetrator was armed and posed a significant danger,” said the public prosecutor. The suspect was probably in the Bundeswehr, according to security sources. He had several handguns and long guns with him.
According to police, the hostage-taking began at around 6:45 p.m. The officials had closed the central Münsterplatz in Ulm and the entrances there because of the operation.
Because of the use of firearms by the police, the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office (LKA) is also involved in the investigation into the hostage-taking at Ulm’s Münsterplatz. This is common when the police shoot at people, explained a spokesman for the Ulm presidium. A special operations team was deployed. The spokesman was initially unable to say how many officers fired and how often.
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