Weinstadt in Baden-Württemberg: Man armed with hatchet triggers SEK operation. 47-year-old initially threatened a neighbor with a gun on Sunday.

When he then called the emergency number, the man barricaded himself in the house. He then threatened the officers with the hatchet. With the support of a special operations team, he was overpowered and arrested. He was probably in a psychological state of emergency and was taken to a psychiatric clinic.