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Three injured in shooting at Munich station

Three people were injured in a shooting at a local train station in Munich on Tuesday, German police tweeted, adding they had secured the area and Bavarian public radio, citing police, said it was probably not a terrorist attack.

UPDATE: The policewoman shot in the head is 26-year old. She was shot after the attacker grabbed a gun from another officer.

The 37-year-old man, who had been involved in a brawl at Unterfoehring station, shoved a policeman on the platform and grabbed his gun as a train was entering the station.

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“Then there was an exchange of fire during which a 26-year old policewoman .. suffered a potentially life-threatening injury in the head,” Munich police said in a statement.

The man was also injured in the incident and then arrested. Two other people were also hurt but their lives are not in danger, said police. The area around the station was sealed off.

“There are no indications of a terrorist background,” the police said, adding that an investigation was being carried out.

UPDATE: A policewoman was shot in the head after a man grabbed a gun. Two other people were injured during the incident that took place at Unterföhring S-Bahn station, according to BBC.

The attacker was shot and injured by police officers. He was then taken into custody.

UPDATE: Media reports several people have been injured, including one female police officer.


“There is no danger to the public,” said a spokeswoman for the police.

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Bavarian radio reported: “According to police information it is probably not a terrorist attack”.

Reuters

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