A man with a pick axe and an incendiary device near a Euro 2024 fan park in Hamburg has been shot.
The incident is understood to have taken place on the sidelines of a fan parade, known as the ‘Fan Walk’ which begun at 12.30pm local time.
In a statement on social media, police said: “At St Pauli there is currently a major police operation.
“According to initial findings, a person threatened police officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device. The police then used their firearms.
“The attacker was injured and is currently receiving medical treatment.”
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They added that the event at Heiligengeistfeld is subject to various security checks and they are currently assuming that this was the action of a lone perpetrator.
Thousands of Dutch and Polish fans are in the city ahead of today’s 2pm kick-off in Group D.
The incident occurred on the Reeperbahn, which is a popular entertainment district in Hamburg’s city centre that will have been full of football fans. On Saturday night, a thousands of German officers policed the tens of thousands of Dutch fans, who turned the red light district into a sea of orange.
German newspaper Bild reported that the the man attacked a police officer using a gold-tinted hammer, before four shots were fired.
Germany is currently playing host to the month-long tournament, which begun on Friday evening.
It is not the first incident of violence to make headlines, with a knifeman shot dead for killing one person and seriously injuring two others shortly after the opening match.
The attacker struck a garden in the city of Magdeburg where a family were hosting a private party to watch the game against Scotland.
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