After the shooting in Saarbrücken: 67-year-old shooter apparently not a Reich citizen

Created: 2022-06-05 04:57

By: Patrick Huljina

A large-scale police operation is underway in Saarbrücken: a man shoots from his apartment window.

© IMAGO/Becker Bredel

After a shootout between a 67-year-old and the police in Saarbrücken on Friday morning, the shooter's death was reported around noon.

It is currently ruled out that he belonged to the "Reich Citizens".

• Large-scale operation in

  Saarbrücken

  : A man (67) had several

  exchanges

  of fire with the police on Friday morning.

• Police officer shot: The man is being treated in the hospital but is not in mortal danger.

• Shootout in Saarbrücken: The alleged perpetrator is said to have attracted the attention of the police several times.

• On Friday afternoon, the police reported the death of the shooter.

  He is said to have been found lifeless in his apartment.

• The fact that he belonged to the so-called "Reichsbürger" is still being ruled out.

Update from June 3, 7.30 p.m .:

Several hours have passed since the shocking events in Saarbrücken.

The shock of the exchange of fire between the 67-year-old and the police is deep.

After the Saarland police reported the death of the shooter, who was found lifeless in his apartment, in the afternoon, they published another warning message on the short message platform Twitter.

Because it is currently to be ruled out that the perpetrator could have belonged to the Reich Citizens' Movement.

Above all, people who reject the German legal system are considered Reich citizens.

Members of this group reject modern social structures and also refuse to pay taxes, for example.

In Germany, an estimated 20,000 people fall under the term "Reichsbürger".

Update from June 3, 2:50 p.m

.: After the tragic events that took place in Saarbrücken on Friday morning, the police now reported the death of the alleged shooter.

According to reports, the 67-year-old was found dead in his apartment where he had holed up for hours.

"There is no longer any danger," reads the all-clear, which the police then shared on Twitter.

Update from June 3, 1:40 p.m .:

Around five hours after the first shots were fired at a police officer, the large-scale operation in Saarbrücken is still not over.

This is reported by the

.

Accordingly, the SEK officials at the scene have not yet been able to achieve a breakthrough.

The alleged perpetrator is still in the house, which is surrounded by the police.

In addition to violations of the Weapons and War Weapons Control Act, there are also violent and threatening offenses against the 67-year-old, said a spokesman for the Saarland Administrative Court.

The man had already "appeared under police and weapon law."

Police officer shot: situation in Saarbrücken "currently static" - police aim for a peaceful end

Update from June 3, 12:35 p.m .:

The police officer who was shot by a man on Friday morning is currently being treated in the hospital.

But he is not in mortal danger, said a spokesman for the police in Saarbrücken.

After the shot was fired, the alleged shooter barricaded himself in his apartment and then shot specifically at the barrier and police vehicles, which arrived in the morning for a large-scale operation.

Even several hours after the start of the operation, there was still no all-clear.

The spokesman for the police said around noon: “The situation is currently static.

We are now preparing further measures to bring the situation to a peaceful end.”

Saarbrücken: Man (67) exchanges gunfire with the police – former hunter

Update from June 3, 12:18 p.m .:

The operation in Saarbrücken, in which a man shoots at police officers from his window, is apparently not yet over.

As the

reports, shots have repeatedly been fired in the house of the alleged perpetrator within the last hour.

Emergency services have therefore surrounded the building.

The 67-year-old alleged perpetrator is said to be a former hunter.

The man had already attracted the attention of the police several times, reported judge Christoph Schmit, press spokesman at the administrative court in Saarlouis, the

.

He is therefore accused of violating the Weapons and War Weapons Act.

The Saarbrücken weapons authority had withdrawn his gun ownership card "immediately enforceable".

The employees of the weapons authority came to him because he had indicated that he was not prepared to voluntarily return the weapons.

Man (67) exchanges gunfire with the police in Saarbrücken – “targeted shots”

Update from June 3, 11:15 a.m .:

The danger in Saarbrücken is still not banned.

"Currently, targeted shots are being fired again at the police barrier and the police vehicles," said the Saarland police via Twitter.

The emergency services also repeated the appeal to avoid the area.

Pictures from the scene show heavily armed police officers.

In Saarbrücken-Klarenthal there is an exchange of fire between a man and the police.

© IMAGO/Becker Bredel

Large-scale operation in Saarbrücken: exchange of fire between man (67) and the police

First report from June 3rd:

Saarbrücken – A police officer was shot and injured during an operation in Saarbrücken-Klarenthal on Friday (June 3rd).

A person shoots out of the window in the Wilhelmstrasse area, the police said on Twitter.

Residents have been urged to stay indoors and avoid the area.

There is currently an exchange of fire between the police and the perpetrator, the emergency services write via Twitter.

"Police are asking all residents to remain indoors and away from windows as the perpetrator fired a gun from an apartment window," the statement said.

The area is cordoned off.

"There is still no all-clear," said a police spokeswoman.

Saarbrücken: Man (67) exchanges gunfire with the police – officials injured

According to the police, the officers were on site to support the Saarbrücken City Weapons Authority in the context of administrative and enforcement assistance.

When the police and city employees arrived at the 67-year-old to search his apartment, he shot the police officer.

Another police officer was injured by flying glass fragments.

Nothing was initially known about the severity of the police officer's injury.

He was being treated medically, it said.

According to the police, the 67-year-old barricaded himself in his apartment after the shot was fired.

The weapons authority had arrived in the morning with a search warrant from the Saarland Administrative Court.