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German police storm Karlsruhe pharmacy, arrest suspected hostage-taker

German police storm Karlsruhe pharmacy, arrest suspected hostage-taker

TOM SIMS and RIHAM ALKOUSAA GERMAN police said it had arrested a male suspect after a special unit stormed a pharmacy in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe where multiple people had been held hostage for hours. A number of explosions were heard when officers in tactical gear entered the pharmacy in the city centre after first arriving on the scene at around 4:30 p.m. "A special unit entered the pharmacy at 21:10; a male suspect was arrested," Karlsruhe police said on Twitter. Officers restrained a man they had brought out of the pharmacy, covered his head in a blanket and…
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