Police are mounting a major operation at a supermarket in Berlin’s southern Marienfelde neighbourhood after a hostage-taking on Friday evening, they said.
A man took a woman hostage and threatened her on Friday shortly after 10 pm (2000 GMT), police said.
“At the moment he is still inside the store and we are now on site with forces here and the operation is still ongoing,” police spokesman Stefan Petersen-Schümann told dpa early on Saturday morning.
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Police are in contact with the man, but so far the motive has not been revealed. “The operation here is still ongoing, so for the moment we cannot say more,” the spokesman said.
Area cordoned off
The supermarket is on Hildburghauser Strasse near the city’s southern edge.