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A shooting broke out in Biel on Thursday night. Image: keystone
After homicide in Lengnau: Bern police shot Biel ++ man wounded
A man was arrested during a police operation in Biel and was shot with a police weapon. The man is suspected of being involved in a violent crime in Lengnau BE.
In the course of investigating the crime in Lengnau, the police detained a man in Biel on Thursday evening, as they and the responsible prosecutor announced in a statement the same day. The man was armed with a knife and, according to initial findings, he received a blow “in the area of the lower extremities”. The wounded man was taken to a hospital and temporarily detained. He is suspected of having been involved in the events in Lengnau, he said in the statement.
Body found
On Wednesday, Lengnau police found the body of a 38-year-old Swiss man from the canton of Bern in an apartment. However, this man did not live in this apartment. In the course of the investigation, several people were questioned, clues secured, and search measures were initiated.
The police operation in Biel was related to the search. Several online portals had already reported on the police action and the shooting of the night. Now the authorities have confirmed the current situation through a press release.
