Police in Germany have shot dead a man who stole a excavator truck and appeared to embark on a rampage.
Police shoot dead man on ‘suspected rampage’ with excavator
Police in Germany have shot dead a man who stole a excavator truck and appeared to embark on a rampage.
Baden-Württemberg police officer armed with a pistol
Police shot dead the man at a car dealership where he had embarked on a further damage spreeImage: Marius Bulling/Ostalb Network/picture alliance
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German police on Tuesday said a man who stole an excavation vehicle in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg had been shot dead.
Police wrote on X of a “suspected rampage” in the Main-Tauber district, where the digger truck damaged construction company premises and a police patrol car, seriously injuring one officer.
“A man took an excavator in Grünsfeld and used it to injure people and damage numerous vehicles,” police said.
In a subsequent statement, police said that a man took control of the excavator at about 1.30 p.m. local time.
