Frankfurt Police Shoot Man After Sharp-Object Attack Near Central Station, Injuring 2
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Updated · DW (English) · Jun 23
Frankfurt Police Shoot Man After Sharp-Object Attack Near Central Station, Injuring 2
3 articles · Updated · DW (English) · Jun 23
Summary
Around 4 p.m., Frankfurt police shot and wounded a man after he attacked an officer with a sharp object near Kaisertor by the central station, leaving both the assailant and the officer injured.
The officer fired his service pistol during a police operation in the area; officers treated the conscious suspect on the ground until an ambulance took him to a nearby hospital.
Hesse's state criminal police opened the standard investigation triggered when officers discharge firearms, and authorities released no further details about the attacker.
More than 50 coordinated sweeps have been carried out around Frankfurt's Hauptbahnhof since February 2024 as part of a downtown clean-up campaign targeting the long-troubled drug scene.
State Interior Minister Roman Poseck praised the officers' restraint, and state and city officials are due to meet Friday on the station area's security situation.