Police End 11-Hour Hostage Standoff at Berlin Supermarket
- Police launched a large-scale operation in the Marienfelde district of Berlin on Friday evening after a man took a woman hostage at a Rewe supermarket at around 10 p.m.
- One employee described to Bild how the attacker pulled a knife at the checkout after refusing to place goods on the conveyor belt; staff members escaped unharmed.
- Footage shows armed police in protective gear positioned at the entrance, while officers from a special operations unit have surrounded the cordoned-off building.
- Authorities confirmed they are in contact with the hostage-taker, stating "We are in contact with the hostage-taker," while attempting to resolve the situation peacefully.
- The situation remained tense as of Saturday morning, with authorities maintaining a cordon around the supermarket; it remains unclear if the suspect and hostage are known to each other.
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A man took a woman hostage in the store on Friday evening, the latter was freed by special police units, and the man was arrested.
A man held a woman hostage in a Berlin supermarket for almost 12 hours before being arrested this Saturday morning.
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A man had been holding a woman hostage in a store on the southern edge of the city since Friday evening. He was subdued on Saturday morning.
A man has been holding a woman under threat since Friday night in a shop on the southern edge of the German capital. A man has been holding a woman hostage since Friday night in a
German police rescued a woman who had been held hostage by a man for more than 11 hours in a supermarket in Berlin this morning. The suspect was subdued and arrested during the intervention, German media reported.
German police have freed a woman who had been held hostage by a man in a supermarket in southern Berlin since Friday evening after an 11-hour operation. The perpetrator was detained by a special unit using a taser. The woman suffered shock and is in the care of paramedics, the DPA agency reported on Saturday.
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