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SEK Ends Zwickau Apartment Standoff, 56-Year-Old Detained

Police say the man was heavily intoxicated in a psychological exceptional state.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 12:30 a.m. to a noise complaint at a multi-family building on Breithauptstraße in Zwickau, Saxony.
  • The identified resident, a 56-year-old German, barricaded himself in an apartment and threatened others with weapons, according to police.
  • Some occupants of the building were evacuated as a precaution during the incident.
  • Special operations police (SEK) forced the door on Monday morning, detained the man, and declared the operation concluded.
  • TAG24 reports the details based on police statements, which did not cite injuries and described the outcome as a successful de-escalation.