Mar 10 • 06:34 UTC 🇩🇪 Germany FAZ

Incident in Erlangen: Police shoot man with knife in emergency room

In Erlangen, police shot a man who allegedly threatened an officer with a knife in a hospital emergency room.

In Erlangen, Germany, a police officer was threatened with a knife by a 35-year-old man in the emergency room of a hospital, prompting a nearby colleague to fire a shot. The incident occurred after the man, who claimed to have been poisoned, displayed aggressive behavior towards the officers and even attacked one of them with pepper spray. The officer responded by shooting the man in the thigh, and fortunately, the injuries are not life-threatening.

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