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Forensic agents after the hostage-taking in the JVA Münster (photo from Friday)
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The prisoner who was shot by the police when he was taken hostage in the JVA Münster had already threatened officers in the prison in the past.
The 40-year-old was therefore subject to special security measures.
This emerges from a report by the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Justice to the legal committee of the state parliament, from which the news agency dpa quotes.
Accordingly, the hostage-taker was specially housed in a cell with double doors.
Opening and entering his cell is said to have only been permitted in the presence of at least two employees.
Nevertheless, the man succeeded last Friday in bringing a 29-year-old trainee into his power.
According to the report, the woman and two colleagues brought the prisoner breakfast at 6:05 a.m.
The man then said he wanted to hand over his laundry bag.
When the two cell doors were open, he came out "in a flash, with one big step", took the 29-year-old into a headlock and threatened her with a self-made "cutting or pricking tool" on the neck.
When the colleagues tried to overpower the man, the prison staff lost her key - and landed on the floor with the hostage taker.
According to the information they got up again, the 40-year-old wanted to go through a door.
Finally he ran back, got the key and headed for the courtyard.
"This door was secured by the servants by using a key from the outside to lock the door," it said.
Dismissal was imminent
According to the report, the man then continued to wander through the cell block with his hostage until the police took over at 6.50 a.m.
According to the ministry, the hostage-taker was shot at 9.10 a.m.
The woman was almost unharmed.
The prisoner was serving a four-month sentence for assaulting law enforcement officers and was released on November 10.
After an attempted manslaughter in 2007, he had already been sentenced to four years and six months' imprisonment and detention in a rehab facility.
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