Police officer shoots knife-wielding man in Berlin Cathedral ‘rampage’ - also wounding a fellow cop
Police said the 53-year-old Austrian man was shot in the legs, and that a second officer was injured by the gunfire
A German police officer shot and wounded an Austrian man “rampaging” at Berlin Cathedral on Sunday after he wielded a knife and was “verbally aggressive”, officials said.
“Shortly after 4pm police shot at a rampaging man at Berlin Cathedral,” police said in a tweet. “He was wounded in the leg.”
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But the officer also stuck his colleague in the gunfire, Berlin police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel said.
Wenzel said the incident began when the man entered the cathedral, known locally as Berliner Dom, and waved a knife in the area of the altar. Cathedral employees called police, and dozens of people were evacuated from the holy site.
One of the two officers responding to the call opened fire, wounding the man, Wenzel said. The second officer also was inadvertently wounded by the shot or shots fired by his colleague, Berlin police said.
Both the suspect and the police officer were taken to a hospital. News agency Dpa says the officer is in serious condition.