After a tenant shot through the door from the inside with an unknown weapon, a special task force (SEK) of the police stormed an apartment in Wetter an der Ruhr.
The operation in the city in the Ennepe-Ruhr district took place on Monday afternoon in an apartment building, as the police announced.
A 26-year-old man had barricaded himself in his apartment.
Weather - The landlord had informed the police because he did not want to leave the apartment despite the notice and was now behaving aggressively.
When the officers arrived, he finally shot through the apartment door with a previously unidentified weapon.
The police initially withdrew and then surrounded the house.
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