Overview
- Special-response officers in Baden-Württemberg used two armored vehicles to block and strike a white Opel transport van near an Erbach petrol station on Saturday evening.
- Police said they smashed a side window and deployed an irritant device to force the entrenched driver out before taking him into custody without injuries.
- SWR and local outlets reported the pursuit began after the man allegedly threatened people earlier in Neu-Ulm in neighboring Bavaria.
- The detainee was taken to Neu-Ulm and handed over to Bavarian colleagues, while investigators impounded the heavily damaged vehicle.
- The road was closed for hours for evidence collection with more than a dozen patrol cars and a police dog, and police said there was no danger to the public.