The hostage-taker stormed a local radio station and fired several shots before fleeing into the Altmarkt-Galerie shopping center. There he took two hostages, a woman and a child. At around 12:30, special police forces stormed the shopping center and overpowered the hostage-taker. The perpetrator was injured, but the hostages were unharmed, the police say. – The hostage situation in Dresden is over. Two people are being taken care of, apparently unharmed, the police announced on Twitter at 12:44. The perpetrator took two hostages in the shopping centre. Both came out of it unscathed. Photo: MATTHIAS RIETSCHEL / Reuters Tried to storm the editorial office The woman was found murdered in an apartment in Dresden, the police told the news agency DPA. They link the murder to the hostage situation in the city centre. The news agency reports that she should have been found on Saturday morning. The hostage-taker is said to have fired shots in several places in the center of Dresden. Among other things, he allegedly shot at a building near the central station in the city. According to local media, the man must have tried to get into the newsroom of a local radio channel. The perpetrator is said to have fired shots, but it is unclear whether he managed to get into the premises. Went to the shopping center The man then went to the shopping center Altmarkt-Galerie. There he is said to have taken two hostages. The shopping center and the surrounding area were evacuated by the police, according to the local police. Police spokesman Thomas Geithner says that the police launched an operation due to suspicions of hostage-taking. The police cordoned off the area around the shopping center in Dresden. Photo: Jorg Schurig / AP
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