German police

  • THREAT TO LIVES: German police shoot man waving axe ‘dangerously’

    Police on Sunday shot and wounded a man armed with an axe and a firebomb in the northern German city of Hamburg. The man, with the axe in his hand, waved it at police officers in a “threatening manner” in the city’s St Pauli district, according to a police spokesman. Police officers opened fire and…

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  • Man escapes from police, surrenders to the bees

    A fugitive in Germany has been nabbed thanks to the help of angry wasps. Oldenburg police said the unusual sting operation took place Monday after officers tried to arrest a 32-year-old man to serve an outstanding 11-month custodial sentence. The suspect, whose name wasn’t released, fled from police and jumped from a balcony straight into…

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