German soldier shot by police during training exercise

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1. >The Bundeswehr said the drill was meant to test coordination between soldiers, police, firefighters and rescue services in a mock national defense scenario.

   >According to Bild, the Bundeswehr’s military police may have fired training blanks at the responding officers, apparently mistaking them for part of the ongoing drill. The police, unaware of the exercise, allegedly returned fire with live ammunition, injuring the soldier.

   >The police confirmed that the local units had not been involved in planning the drill and were unaware that armed personnel would be active in the area that day. “We are now intensively examining where the communication broke down,” a police spokesperson said.

   this irony would be funny if someone didn’t get shot for it

2. Well just over the border in Austria last week you also had a bunch of rifle armed people practicing a military exercise at a farmhouse that the police were called to.. I can understand the local police being on edge

3. > According to Bild, the Bundeswehr’s military police may have fired training blanks at the responding officers, apparently mistaking them for part of the ongoing drill. The police, unaware of the exercise, allegedly returned fire with live ammunition, injuring the soldier.

   I understand now why they really want to keep NATO around.

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