Hostage Situation Reported in Buchholz, Germany
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15:55 30.11.2019(updated 17:15 30.11.2019) Get short URL
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There have been no immediate reports of casualties although ambulances were reportedly spotted at the site of the incident.
An unidentified assailant armed with an axe took one patron of a slot machine hall in the German city of Buchholz, in Lower Saxony, hostage at around 12 p.m. local time on 30 November, the online media outlet Nonstopnews reported.
An hour later, responding police units commenced the operation to free the hostage, with the perpetrator reportedly fleeing from them into the gaming hall's restroom. The person was later overpowered and arrested by police officers.
A gaming hall employee and two guests were evacuated from the building and are currently being attended to by medics in an ambulance, which arrived at the scene along with the police. There is currently no information if someone was injured in the incident.
Police are working to reconstruct the incident and promised to publish a proper press release later.
'Hostage' Situation in Buchholz, Germany Resolved as Police Arrest Axe-Wielding Suspect
Police reported that no-one was harmed in the situation, although ambulances were reportedly seen at the site of the incident.sputniknews.com
Unarmed civilians managed to pin him down to ground, disarm him and kept pinning him down till police came and released him momentarily to shoot him point blank. Police had the advantage of securing him alive according to video. Not sympathising with the terrorist. But look!
The Telegraph was blasted for doctoring the picture as RT reports here:Need an opinion (or two). Two still images (from precisely the same point in one video of the London Bridge attack yesterday). I made one of the stills, the other the UK Telegraph made for its front cover yesterday. The Telegraph people seem to have enhanced the colors on their image, but did they add blood to the guy's hand that is holding the knife?
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Need an opinion (or two). Two still images (from precisely the same point in one video of the London Bridge attack yesterday). I made one of the stills, the other the UK Telegraph made for its front cover yesterday. The Telegraph people seem to have enhanced the colors on their image, but did they add blood to the guy's hand that is holding the knife?
his knife hand looks clean, while also separating fingers to prevent prints on its grip and, the hanky sure looks to contain blood (see screen shot from the video).