Police have evacuated a shopping mall and the surrounding area in the eastern German city of Dresden after ending a hostage situation.
In a statement posted to Twitter, police confirmed that the hostage situation is over, with two apparently unharmed individuals in their care, after shots were reportedly fired.
It was not immediately clear if a suspect had been arrested.
Radio Dresden reported that police spokesman Thomas Geithner gave an official press statement on the operation.
The radio reported: "According to Geithner, the man is mentally ill. Appropriate experts were therefore consulted. The man should be persuaded to give up voluntarily and end the situation."
Police separately confirmed that a 62-year-old woman had been found dead in an apartment building in Prohlis, Dresden on Saturday. Her 40-year-old son was named as a suspect.
News outlet TAG24, reported that police said the hostage-taking at the Altmarkt-Galerie shopping mall was related to the killing, but declined to provide further details.
On its website, Radio Dresden said that an armed man had entered the Ammonhof office building, where the broadcaster is located, around 8.30am local time (07.30 GMT) and that shots had been fired.
This closure of the city centre is now lifted, with police saying the incident is "no longer a dangerous situation". But the Altmarkt-Galerie shopping mall remains closed.
Shortly after 11.30am local time, police confirmed that they were in contact with the perpetrator, with a negotiating group on site.
The incident comes as security has shifted into focus in Germany, after investigators earlier this week foiled a
far-right plot to overthrow the German government and install an aristocrat as the leader of a new state.
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2022-12-10 11:20:43Z
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