Overview
- Residents in Altenerding reported armed individuals and gunfire on Wednesday evening, prompting a large police response that encountered Bundeswehr Feldjäger on reconnaissance for the planned “Marshal Power” drill.
- Police and soldiers traded shots in the confusion, injuring two people; the Bundeswehr said a soldier suffered a grazing facial wound and was taken to hospital, and police stated there was no danger to the wider public.
- Officers sealed the area with significant forces and a helicopter, while nearby sports facilities and streets saw temporary lockdowns as people sheltered until the scene was secured.
- Erding’s mayor Max Gotz and district chief Martin Bayerstorfer criticized the lack of concrete advance notice, saying city and county authorities were not adequately briefed despite the multi-county exercise involving about 800 participants.
- Journalistic accounts report a possible blanks-versus-live-ammunition mismatch during the encounter, a detail that, along with the sequence of events and planning protocols, is now the subject of ongoing police and military investigations.