In Dortmund, a man took two children hostage after a pogrom in a restaurant

In Dortmund, Germany, a man attacked restaurant patrons, shot at a policeman and took two children hostage. This was reported by the Bild newspaper on June 2.

"On Tuesday evening, a man barricaded himself in an apartment in the Hoechsten district of Dortmund. <...> He took two small children hostage and shot at a policeman earlier," the publication says.

It is assumed that the perpetrator is a citizen of Serbia. According to the newspaper, the man smashed up the restaurant, threatened the guests and sprayed pepper spray. After that, he drove off in a car, taking two children hostage, and disappeared into a house in one of the city's districts.

Special police forces and a negotiation team are currently on site. The negotiators entered the house and are trying to convince the perpetrator to release the children and surrender, he adds.Газета.Ru ".

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