During a large-scale police operation on Sunday night in Saarwellingen in the Saarland, a man was shot in the leg with a service weapon.
"He is currently being operated on, his condition is stable," said the state police headquarters on Sunday morning.
Saarwellingen - The 45-year-old threatened to shoot himself on the emergency call at 1.30 a.m.
Background is a quarrel with his wife.
Therefore, according to the information, there was a police operation on Saturday in which the man was expelled from the shared apartment to protect the wife.
On Sunday night, according to the police, officers tried for four hours to speak to the man, who got out of and back in a car several times.
"The emergency services saw a long rifle with which the man shot into the air a short time later," it said.
After the 45-year-old had aimed the rifle at himself several times, around 7:10 a.m., special forces were attacked and shot in the man's leg.
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It is now being checked whether the 45-year-old, who is not critically injured, is going to a psychiatric clinic.
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