As of: March 30, 2024 6:41 p.m
Shots were fired during a police operation in Nienburg (Weser) on Saturday. A 46-year-old man armed with a knife was killed and a policewoman was seriously injured.
The officer was taken to a clinic in a rescue helicopter. A police spokeswoman said her life was out of danger. Police did not say whether the injuries were caused by gunshots or stab wounds. A spokeswoman had previously told NDR Lower Saxony that the officer had suffered a gunshot wound.
Verden police: Man threatened his girlfriend with a knife
According to a police spokeswoman, there had previously been a “threat situation”. The 46-year-old threatened his girlfriend with a knife around 10 a.m. She was able to escape and alerted the police, said the spokeswoman. As a result, there was a prolonged police operation in the city center of Nienburg. The man did not respond to the officers’ requests and ultimately attacked them with a knife. Several shots were then fired, killing the 46-year-old. A police service dog was also seriously injured during the operation on Saturday morning. For reasons of neutrality, the Verden/Osterholz police station took over the investigation, it was said.
46-year-old is said to have recently injured federal police officers
The crime scene was largely cordoned off. An eyewitness told the newspaper “The rake” is that the police officers let the service dog off the leash after the man did not follow the police’s instructions. The man is then said to have stabbed the dog. According to the report, police officers then tried to overpower the man. When this failed, shots are said to have been fired. According to media reports, the 46-year-old lives in Nienburg and is known to the police. The man is said to have attacked and injured a federal police officer in Hamburg on Thursday.
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