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A special police task force is preparing for the operation. © Cevin Dettlaff/TNN/dpa
After a man with a child was shot, the situation in Brandenburg remains confusing. For more than 24 hours, the police have been in action with special forces and continue to surround a house.
Milower Land - Shots from a residential building, an armed man who has barricaded himself inside, an arrest and a child who is handed over to the youth welfare office: Since Friday afternoon, a large-scale police operation has kept a community in Brandenburg in suspense. The operation lasted more than 24 hours on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, there had been a decision of the district court, suggested by the youth welfare office.
According to initial findings, the suspect and another man and a child with his mother were in the house in Milower Land when the emergency services arrived at 13:45 p.m. on Friday. Shots are said to have been fired from the house. Numerous details are currently unclear - such as the relationship between the adults.
During the night, according to the police, the mother stepped out of the house and handed the child over to the youth welfare office. In addition, an arrest was made late Friday afternoon. One of the men had kicked out of the house with a gun and was overpowered by police officers, said a spokeswoman for the West Police Department on Saturday of the German Press Agency. According to the information, no one was injured.
No contact with the suspect in the house
According to the spokeswoman, the other man remains in the building. The shots from the house are said to have been fired by him. There is currently no contact with the suspect. The police are still trying to produce it, said a spokesman on Saturday afternoon. The house in the Vieritz district in Brandenburg is still surrounded, the situation remains unchanged, it said. The municipality of Milower Land has about 4400 inhabitants, and about 300 live in the district of Vieritz.
The situation remained unclear on Saturday. Residents expressed concern. The police had called on residents to stay in their homes. The mayor of the municipality of Milower Land called for prudence. The village is located about 20 kilometers northwest of Brandenburg an der Havel.
A dpa reporter reported on Saturday afternoon of a detonation in front of the house. An armored vehicle had started moving in the direction of the building. The police did not want to confirm an access until the afternoon. The police measures were still ongoing, it was said.
With their efforts, the police had supported the Youth Welfare Office in enforcing a decision of the district court. Due to the presumed endangerment of the child's welfare, special units had also moved to the scene of the operation in the district of the municipality of Milower Land.
Background to the incident still unclear
The exact background of the incident was initially unclear. A spokesman for the police also initially did not want to give details about the armed person. Residents were worried. "You don't know how it will turn out," 33-year-old Harry Meier told dpa. Residents had reported family disputes in the affected residential building in the Vieritz district.
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Heavy equipment from a special police task force rolls through the village. After an armed person with a child shot at the police, the operation in the Havelland district continues after about 20 hours. © Cevin Dettlaff/TNN/dpa
Meier lives on the outskirts of the village, outside the cordoned-off area. The apartment building from which the shots were fired was located in the middle of the village, he described. On the instructions of the police, citizens are to remain in their homes for the duration of the operation. Residents who come from outside have not been allowed into their homes since the police operation.
Mayor Felix Menzel called on people not to participate in speculation on the Internet. "That doesn't help, people should please wait and see," Menzel said on Saturday morning in the "Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung". "I hope that no one will be injured - neither by the population nor by the emergency services." The situation is worrying and extraordinary. "Hopefully everyone will keep their nerve." dpa