Germany: Police wounds woman in stand-off at hospital

Special police forces have been deployed in the German city of Aachen after a woman barricaded herself inside the Luisenhospital. They shot and injured her “to put an end to the dangerous situation.”

An hours-long stand-off inside a hospital in Aachen in western Germany came to an end late Monday when police overpowered a 65-year-old woman who had barricaded herself in a room.

“As the woman did not respond when spoken to, the police officers used their firearms to put an end to the dangerous situation,” a police statement said.

The woman was seriously wounded and wheeled out of the facility on a stretcher.

Police said no other individuals at the hospital were injured.