The hostage-taking in downtown Dresden is over. The perpetrator was caught and injured, the police announced.
The hostages were unharmed, police said.
The police found a dead woman in an apartment building in Dresden-Prohlis. The alleged homicide is related to the operation in downtown Dresden, according to the police.
The situation is still very confusing, said a spokesman for the German Press Agency. The police had asked because of the kidnapping to avoid downtown Dresden. The area around the Altmarkt-Galerie was cordoned off.
Due to the police operation, there were also traffic restrictions. The local public transport of the Dresden transport company was also affected. The Altmarkt-Galerie is a shopping center in downtown Dresden. It is named after Dresden’s Altmarkt, where the building is located.
A dead man in an apartment building
According to the police, there was also a murder of a woman in the Dresden-Prohlis district in connection with the police operation in the old town. The dead woman was found around 7:20 a.m. on Saturday morning. The suspect is the woman’s 40-year-old German son.
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