Status: 11.11.2023, 17:27 PM
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A special police task force is preparing for the operation. © Cevin Dettlaff/TNN/dpa
The armed man, who has been barricading himself for more than 24 hours in a house in the municipality of Milower Land in Brandenburg, fired more shots on Saturday. Police spokesman Daniel Keip told the German Press Agency. Previously, the "Märkische Allgemeine" had reported. The shots were fired in the building. The police are still trying to establish contact with the man.
Milower Land - The police had moved out on Friday afternoon with a large contingent to the house, in which, according to initial findings, two men, a child and a woman were staying at the time. Due to a suspected endangerment of the child's well-being, special police units were also on site. The trigger for the operation was a court order that had been suggested by the Youth Welfare Office.
One of the men was arrested on Friday evening when he allegedly left the house armed. During the night, the mother came out of the building to hand over the child to the youth welfare office. According to the police, shots were fired from the house. No one was injured, many details are still unclear at this time.
The house in which the man has barricaded himself is located in the small village of Vieritz with around 300 inhabitants in the municipality of Milower Land, about 20 kilometers northwest of Brandenburg an der Havel on the border with Saxony-Anhalt. Dpa