German authorities said they ended a suspected hostage-taking in Dresden by what appeared to be a psychologically confused man acting alone, after evacuating a shopping mall in the city center
The suspected hostage taker, a 40-year-old man, died of the injuries he sustained during the police operation to free the two hostages, who were unharmed, the police said.
"I am outraged by the act of what appears to be a psychologically confused individual acting alone," said Armin Schuster, the interior minister of the state of Saxony, where Dresden is located. News outlet TAG24 earlier cited police as saying that the German man was believed to have killed his 62-year-old mother in an apartment building in the Prohlis district of Dresden, southeast of the city centre.Police officers secure the area at a Christmas market in Dresden, Germany, December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel
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