None of the hostages who have been held captive for several hours in a pharmacy in the German city of Karlsruhe are injured, German police report. At 21.10, special forces stormed the pharmacy, which is adjacent to the large exhibition area in the center of the city. A male suspect has been arrested, the police say. Lasted for over four hours The police also state that the building has been searched and that no one has been injured. According to a witness, several explosions were heard at the pharmacy ahead of the storming. Blockade outside a pharmacy in Karlsruhe, Germany Photo: TILMAN BLASSHOFER / Reuters The police were notified of the hostage situation at about half past five this afternoon. The hostage situation thus lasted for over four hours. According to the newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung, there was one perpetrator who took two hostages. The hostage-taker must have put forward a demand for ransom. It must be a single-digit million amount in euros. According to the newspaper, the hostage-taker was armed. Residents have reported hearing gunshots. This has not been confirmed by the police. A large police presence surrounded the pharmacy. According to the newspaper’s source, the police negotiator was in contact with the hostage-taker. German police at the pharmacy in Karlsruhe. Photo: TILMAN BLASSHOFER / Reuters While the police report that no other people are in danger, they ask people to stay away from the area. They have opened a school that local residents can stay in if they cannot get home as a result of the police closing several streets. All events in the large exhibition hall and concert hall in Karlsruhe have been canceled as a result of the hostage situation, the police said. The pharmacy will be located next to the congress center in the city. Karlsruhe is located in the south-west of Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg and has just over 300,000 inhabitants.
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