{"id":127551,"date":"2026-07-11T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/127551\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:51:09","slug":"police-rescue-cashier-after-11-hour-hostage-standoff-at-berlin-supermarket-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/127551\/","title":{"rendered":"Police rescue cashier after 11-hour hostage standoff at Berlin supermarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German police stormed a supermarket in Berlin at around 9:20 a.m. on Saturday, bringing an hours-long hostage situation to an end. According to Bild, officers subdued the suspected attacker with a Taser before arresting him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A supermarket cashier had been held by a man for around 11 hours and 20 minutes. Eyewitnesses say he allegedly threatened the woman with a knife and held her captive after entering the store at around 10 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The supermarket had been cordoned off for several hours as the operation unfolded, according to German news agency dpa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A police special forces unit (SEK) had been deployed outside the building, while ambulances, firefighters and numerous police vehicles were on standby. Earlier in the morning, officers used a ladder to gain a view inside the supermarket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the standoff, police negotiators remained in contact with the hostage-taker. It remains unclear whether the suspect and the woman knew each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Staff members who were inside the supermarket when the incident began were able to leave the building unharmed and received support from emergency services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One employee told Bild: &#8220;The attacker was at the checkout, didn&#8217;t want to place the goods on the conveyor belt and then suddenly pulled out a knife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police have not independently verified the employee&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Our journalists are following developments closely. We will update this article as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German police stormed a supermarket in Berlin at around 9:20 a.m. on Saturday, bringing an hours-long hostage situation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,26936,190,62121,62122,4680,62120],"class_list":["post-127551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-german-police","tag-germany","tag-hostage-situation","tag-police-vehicles","tag-supermarket","tag-supermarket-cashier"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116900730182592077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}