In Germany, a man driving a stolen excavator damaged cars and injured police officers

German police shot dead a man on a stolen excavator in Baden-Württemberg while trying to detain him. This was reported on December 31 by the newspaper Tagesspiegel with reference to the statement of the department.

It is specified that the 38-year-old German citizen managed to damage the property of the construction company, patrol cars and other vehicles. Three police officers were also injured.

The hijacker was stopped with a shot and then tried to resuscitate, but he died on the spot.

What happened in Magdeburg: a car drove into the crowd at the Christmas fair

There are dead and wounded

Earlier in the day in Berlin, a man attacked passers-by with a knife and injured several people. He was managed to be disarmed and held until police arrived. The victims were hospitalized. According to preliminary data, the attacker suffers from mental illness.