Germany: Suspect detained after fatal stabbing at bank in southern city of Regensburg
German police have detained a 20-year-old man after he fatally stabbed another man inside a bank branch in the city of Regensburg.
A knife-wielding 20-year-old who fatally attacked a man and appeared to hold others hostage in a bank in the southern German city of Regensburg has been detained, local media and police say.
The German man was led outside by police, ending a hostage situation that lasted several hours, the Passauer Neue Presse news outlet reported.
Two people who had been inside with the suspect were brought out by heavily armed police units, police said.
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“We currently assume this was the act of a lone perpetrator,” a police spokeswoman said.
The incident initially prompted fears that the attacker was holding people hostage, and police were unable to determine how many people remained inside the bank.
Investigators are treating the case as homicide and robbery.
The suspect’s motive was not immediately known.
Heavily armed police units, emergency services and negotiators had been deployed to the scene, while a police helicopter circled overhead.
PNP cited police as saying that a search of the building was ongoing.
with DPA
