Police officer fires shot: Investigators are checking connections to the Hamburg Reichsbürger scene | EUROtoday

An arrest warrant has been issued towards a person after police fired photographs throughout an operation within the Lurup district of Hamburg. The 74-year-old is being investigated on suspicion of manslaughter, the police reported. According to the present state of the investigation, he’s mentioned to have threatened emergency providers with a reside firearm by aiming it instantly at officers.

After emergency medical remedy, the person’s situation is secure, the police reported. There continues to be no info out there concerning the suspect’s motive: “Based on initial indications, the extent to which there is a connection to the so-called Reich citizen scene is being examined in particular in this context.”

The officers had been offering administrative help with a bailiff on Friday afternoon when the person threatened them with a weapon. The emergency providers weren’t injured. Later that night, police defusing brokers had been deployed on the road. Officers sporting physique armor and helmets went onto a property. The hearth division illuminated the realm in entrance of a home from a automobile.

Raid on the Reichsbürger scene

Just just a few weeks in the past, investigators searched properties belonging to the so-called Reichsbürger scene in 5 federal states – together with in Schleswig-Holstein. The accused are mentioned to have offered, amongst different issues, “Reich identity cards”.

As the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s workplace and the Hessian State Criminal Police Office introduced, the measures are associated to an investigation into eight German nationals on suspicion of forming a legal group and forging paperwork.

According to the knowledge, a complete of seven flats and a gazebo in 5 federal states had been searched. The Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution additionally frequently warns in its annual stories concerning the potential hazard posed by this scene.