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A man wielding an ax on a street crowded with soccer fans was shot by the police on Sunday in Hamburg, Germany, only hours before the city was to host a game at the European Championship. The man threatened police officers with “a pickax and an incendiary device,” a police spokesman said on Sunday. The incident took place in Hamburg’s entertainment district, a section of the city known as the Reeperbahn that is filled with restaurants and bars. At the time, the area was packed with thousands of fans who had arrived to see the Netherlands play Poland on Sunday afternoon. According to a spokeswoman for the Hamburg police and videos of the incident posted online, the man came out of a small restaurant with a small, double-bladed ax and a firebomb and threatened officers nearby.

Persons: “ Organizations: European, Sunday, Hamburg Locations: Hamburg, Germany, Netherlands, Poland

☆ German police shoot man wielding pickaxe near Euro 2024 fanzone
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Benjamin Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —German police on Sunday shot a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device in Hamburg, authorities said, hours before the city was set to host its first game for the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. The suspect had threatened officers in Hamburg’s famous St. Pauli district and was shot in the leg, according to Hamburg police. Germany is hosting hundreds of thousands of foreign fans at the the month-tournament, which began on Friday. Interior Minister Minister Nancy Faeser said on Thursday that authorities were on alert for Islamist-inspired attacks and violence associated with hooliganism, Reuters reported. She said authorities had the “Islamist scene firmly in their sights” but not specific threats had been identified.

Persons: Pauli, Nancy Faeser Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Hamburg police, Police, Interior, Reuters Locations: Hamburg, Hamburg’s, St, Poland, Netherlands, Germany

☆ Hamburg airport closed as police deal with 'hostage situation'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 05: Officers of German BFE police unit stand on the apron of Hamburg Airport while passengers are evacuated on November 5, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. According to media reports, a man armed with a gun drove a car through a perimeter gate onto the tarmac, where he attempted to set several fires. All flights from the airport have been cancelled and approaching flights diverted. (Photo by Gregor Fischer/Getty Images)Hamburg police said on Saturday they were dealing with a hostage situation after a man drove through a barrier onto the grounds of the city's airport with a child. The airport closed for all takeoffs and landings shortly after the incident at around 8 p.m. local time.

Persons: Gregor Fischer Organizations: Hamburg Airport Locations: HAMBURG, GERMANY, Hamburg, Germany

☆ Flights halted at Hamburg airport due to family hostage situation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Inke Kappeler | Aj Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —All fights to and from Hamburg Airport have been halted as of early Sunday morning local time, as German police attempt to “relieve” a hostage situation at the center of a “family drama,” according to an official spokesperson for Hamburg Police. A 35-year-old man smashed through security with his car at the airport Saturday and parked underneath an airplane, the spokesperson said. As of midnight Sunday, the driver was still in his car with his 4-year old daughter, the spokesperson added. A “substantial amount of special forces” are on the ground trying to resolve the hostage situation, the spokesperson said. The airport’s official website announced Saturday evening that it has grounded all flights due to a major police operation.

Persons: ” Organizations: CNN, Hamburg Airport, Hamburg Police, Stade police Locations: Hamburg

☆ Aurubis: Thieves stole nearly $200 million from Europe's largest copper producer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Olesya Dmitracova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Fraudsters have robbed Europe’s largest copper producer of €185 million ($198 million) worth of the metal, possibly with the help of insiders, the company said Tuesday. The inventory had established the scale of thefts the company disclosed on August 31 and in June, an Aurubis spokesperson told CNN. The losses forced Aurubis to slash its pretax profit forecast for the current fiscal year by about €170 million ($182 million). Whether the same criminals are behind these past cases and the theft disclosed in August is the subject of ongoing investigations, the Aurubis spokesperson said Tuesday. Aurubis produces about 1.1 million tonnes (1.2 million tons) of copper “cathodes,” or square sheets, per year at plants in Europe and the United States.

Persons: London CNN —, Germany’s Aurubis, Aurubis, “, Nadine Schmidt Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Office, State, Criminal Investigation Locations: Hamburg, Europe, United States

BERLIN (AP) — A series of fires hit railway infrastructure in the German city of Hamburg overnight, causing widespread disruption to trains between Hamburg and Berlin and between the port city and the Baltic Sea coast. Railway operator Deutsche Bahn said that trains on the main high-speed route between Hamburg and Berlin were canceled because of vandalism. It said it was running some trains on an alternative route that takes up to an hour longer. Hamburg police said that cable ducts next to railway lines were set on fire at three locations in the city between 2:30 and 4 a.m. They said in a statement that they suspect “a political motive as the background” and are seeking witnesses, but gave no further details of the reasons for their suspicions.

Persons: “, ” Organizations: BERLIN, Police, Deutsche Bahn, Hamburg Locations: German, Hamburg, Berlin, Baltic, Rostock

CNN —A motorcycle rider died after colliding with a cyclist at the Ironman European Championship in Hamburg, Germany, event organizers announced. According to a statement from Ironman, a credentialled motorcycle collided with a competitor at the 36-kilometer mark of the bike route while traveling on the course in the opposite oncoming lane. The competitor continues to receive treatment in hospital and an event photographer, who was also riding on the motorcycle, was injured and has since been released from hospital, Ironman said. “We are devastated by this tragic accident,” the statement released on Sunday said. Alexander Koerner/Getty Images“The motorcyclist (70) died at the scene of the accident, the triathlete (26) was seriously injured and was taken to hospital.

Persons: “, Alexander Koerner Organizations: CNN, Hamburg, Sunday, ” Police, Reuters Locations: Hamburg, Germany, Nice, France, Kona , Hawaii

☆ Hamburg police warn of possible toxins due to fire; 140 evacuated
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FRANKFURT, April 9 (Reuters) - Police and fire officials in the German city of Hamburg warned locals of possible toxins in the air after fires broke out early on Sunday at multiple storage facilities. Some 140 people were evacuated, and it is not yet possible to say exactly how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said. REUTERS/Lutz Faupel 1 2 3Authorities said the fire began around 4 a.m. in Rothenburgsort, just a few kilometres southeast of central Hamburg, and that the smoke cloud was moving in the direction of the city centre. Reuters GraphicsMultiple police, fire and other emergency workers were at the scene as a thick cloud of dark smoke billowed upwards. Reporting by Tom Sims; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ German police seek motive in shooting at Jehovah's Witnesses church
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Fabian Bimmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] A view of a police vehicle at the scene following a deadly shooting, in Hamburg, Germany, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschHAMBURG, March 10 (Reuters) - German police were searching for a motive on Friday after a gunman, believed to have been acting alone, killed several people in a Jehovah's Witnesses church in Hamburg. The Bild newspaper reported seven people were dead and eight wounded in the shooting in the northern city that is home to Germany's biggest port. Several of the wounded were seriously hurt, the Jehovah's Witnesses said. In October 2019, a gunman killed two people when he opened fire outside a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

☆ Multiple dead in Jehovah's Witness hall shooting in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The scene of the shooting was the Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall, a modern and boxy three-story building next door to an auto repair shop. Student Laura Bauch, who lives nearby, said "there were about four periods of shooting," German news agency dpa reported. She said she looked out her window and saw a person running from the ground floor to the second floor of the Jehovah's Witnesses hall. Police had no information on the event that was under way in the building when the shooting took place. Jehovah's Witnesses are part of an international church, founded in the United States in the 19th century and headquartered in Warwick, New York.

The 35-year-old man, whose name was given as Philipp F. in accordance with German privacy laws, killed six people and then himself when he opened fire on Thursday evening. The exact motives were still unknown, but officials said the gunman had previously expressed his hatred for Jehovah's Witnesses. According to a briefing given by police and prosecutors in Hamburg on Friday, Philipp F. was the licenced owner of a Heckler & Koch P30 semi-automatic handgun. "Philipp F. supposedly harbours a particular anger towards religious followers especially towards Jehovah's Witnesses and his former employer." When they met Philipp F., he was cooperative and gave no indication of mental health problems.

☆ Several dead in shooting at Jehovah's Witness church in Hamburg
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Fabian Bimmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HAMBURG, March 9 (Reuters) - Several people have been killed or seriously injured in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness church in the northern German city of Hamburg, with the motive for the attack unclear, police said on Thursday. The Bild newspaper reported that seven people were dead and eight others injured in the shooting. "Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally. [1/7] Special police inside the building after at least six people are dead and several more injured in a shooting in the northern German city of Hamburg, Germany, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 1 2 3 4 5"The dead people all have gunshot wounds," the spokesperson was quoted as saying.

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