Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 are said to have aimed a blank gun at a young man in a park in Porta Westfalica. Rescue workers took the seriously injured victim to a hospital.

There is currently no danger to the life of the 19-year-old, as the police announced on Sunday. The homicide squad is investigating. An investigating judge issued an arrest warrant against the two young people for grievous bodily harm. A blank gun was recovered from one of the suspects, it said.