Police shoot man after knife attack. A policewoman was shot and seriously injured.
A police service dog was also injured during the operation. The 46-year-old is said to have previously threatened his girlfriend with a knife, the police said. For reasons of neutrality, the investigation should be taken over by the police in the neighboring district of Verden. The exact circumstances of the operation remained unclear. There was no further information about the threatened woman's health. The incident took place in Nienburg an der Weser in Lower Saxony.