Hamburg incident: Police shoot man near Euro 2024 fan park ‘threatening officers with pick axe and incendiary device’

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A man with a pick axe and an incendiary device near a Euro 2024 fan park in Hamburg has been shot.

In a statement on social media, police said: “At St Pauli there is currently a major police operation.

“According to initial findings, a person threatened police officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device. The police then used their firearms.

“The attacker was injured and is currently receiving medical treatment.”

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Thousands of Dutch and Polish fans are in the city ahead of today’s 2pm kick-off in Group D.

The incident took place on the Reeperbahn, which is a popular entertainment district in Hamburg’s city centre that will have been playing host to footabll fans.

German newspaper Bild reported that the incident took place at 12:30pm local time, with the man attacking a police officer using a gold-tinted hammer.

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