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An emergency medical vehicle and police officers are on duty in Tegernsee after a fatal hostage-taking.
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The police want to save a woman who is in the hands of her husband. But the situation worsens and, in the end, both are dead. The exact circumstances of the hostage situation remain unclear.
mein Mann he took his wife hostage in Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria and killed her. According to a police spokesman Tuesday night, officials wanted to save the woman’s life during an emergency access in the Miesbach district: the man was shot by the police. According to the spokesman, the man had previously attacked the officers with a knife. First, the newspaper “Bild” reported on the incident.
According to the spokesman, the police had argued at the house that night. Why the man took his wife hostage and why the situation later escalated was not clear at first. In the evening it became clear that the 40-year-old man had “inflicted” serious injuries on his partner, from which she died. He estimated the woman’s age to be around twenty.
A special task force was also called to the site. The criminal police took over the investigation that night. The State Criminal Police Police investigated the use of firearms by officials. The latest investigations are common when police officers fire their service weapon in action. The police officers were treated at the scene by specialists in pastoral care.
Tegernsee is a small town with around 3660 inhabitants on the famous lake of the same name and is located about 50 kilometers south of Munich.
