German police shot dead a man armed with a pickaxe and a Molotov cocktail near Hamburg’s Reeperbahn. This was reported by the Dpa agency. The man was shot in the legs by an armed officer and is receiving medical care, a police spokesperson confirmed. According to initial reports, “there is no connection with football”, he pointed out. The Poland-Netherlands match of the 2024 European Football Championships will be played today in Hamburg.
Italians stopped in Dortmund released yesterday evening
The Italians who had been stopped on the day of the Italy-Albania European Football Championship match in Dortmund were released yesterday evening. This was reported by Farnesina sources, underlining how the Italian embassy in Germany took action right from the start.
Border controls, stop for 900 people
According to an initial assessment by the German Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, since the introduction of temporary controls at the borders of Germany, where the European football championships kicked off on Friday, there have been around 900 people were checked in a week and were prevented from entering the country. Faeser explains that 173 arrest warrants were executed in seven days. According to the newspaper, between June 7 and 13, 1,400 unauthorized entries were detected and around 900 people were prevented from entering German territory.
“This shows that our measures are effective – said the minister – We want to identify and stop violent people in particular as soon as possible”. For the European Championships, 22,000 agents are deployed every day. “It is the most important deployment in the history of the federal police – says Faeser – They will protect our borders, our airports and railway traffic”. Temporary border controls, which began on June 7, will continue until July 19. The final of the European Championships is scheduled for Berlin on 14 July.
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