FRANKFURT: German police shot at a person who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary machine on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 soccer fan parade in central Hamburg on Sunday (Jun 16), in response to a police spokesperson.
The attacker was injured within the leg and was receiving medical care however his situation shouldn’t be life-threatening, the spokesperson mentioned.
“He apparently tried to set fireplace to this Molotov cocktail after which approached a number of folks together with cops, and the cops then needed to make use of their firearms,” mentioned Hamburg police spokesperson Sandra Levgruen.
There was no proof that the person had any connection to the soccer match, Levgruen mentioned, whereas the motivation for his assault was not clear.
“We assume that that is an remoted case, that’s, disconnected from soccer … I do not see any risk in any respect or any affect on the sport at the moment,” Levgruen mentioned.
The incident occurred within the St Pauli district of the town forward of Poland and the Netherlands’ afternoon match at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion, which started on schedule.
Fan marches have been scheduled forward of Euro 2024 video games, and the parade for Dutch supporters was being held at across the time of the incident. Followers have been directed away from the world by police in direction of the stadium.
Germany is internet hosting the month-long match that started on Friday evening.
