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Special Police Units Resolve Separate Residential Clashes in Germany and Austria

Officials say the Lauchheim operation posed no risk to bystanders despite a weapons report.

Overview

  • In Lauchheim on Thursday morning, police deployed an SEK after a 20-year-old reported a 30-year-old attacker might have weapons.
  • The woman left the house with minor injuries, and the 30-year-old and a 71-year-old initially refused to exit before emerging and being arrested without resistance.
  • Police said both detained men were unharmed and emphasized there was no danger to people outside the residence.
  • In a separate case reported by Krone.at in Austria, victims fled into a neighbor’s apartment, barricaded the door, and a 70-year-old neighbor was later found injured in the stairwell and taken to hospital.
  • Krone.at reports that WEGA officers opened a damaged door, police used pepper spray to subdue the suspect for a provisional arrest, and two officers were injured during the operation.