The hostage-taker in a shopping centre in Dresden this morning was killed during police intervention, police said.
"The hostage situation has ended," police initially announced on Twitter, clarifying that there was no longer any danger and that security measures in Dresden's historic centre had been lifted.
"During the attack and the release of the hostages, the 40-year-old suffered fatal injuries," Dresden police later explained, without giving any information on the identity of the attacker.
Shortly before 13.00 local time, police had said they were in contact with the suspect and that police intervention and negotiation teams were on the scene.
German media, including Bild newspaper, reported that a man armed with a pistol had taken refuge in a shop in a shopping centre in central Dresden, after previously trying to break into the premises of a city radio station and firing repeatedly at its door without being able to open it.
The gunman, according to Bild, had killed his mother before trying to break into the radio station.
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