German police shoot dead man armed with knives

BERLIN: German police on Tuesday said they had shot dead a man suspected of attacking passers-by with knives in the western town of Moers, days after a deadly knife attack in nearby Solingen.

Emergency services were called at around 2:45 pm (1245 GMT) on Tuesday and told that a man had “assaulted and threatened several passers-by” in the town, police in nearby Duisburg said in a statement.

Officers were able to locate a 26-year-old German suspect who “attacked (them) with two knives in his hands”, the police said.

Police shot at the man who was “fatally injured as a result” but no other people were injured, they said.

The incident comes with Germany on high alert after three people were killed and eight injured in Friday´s knife rampage at a street festival in Solingen, about 45-kms from Moers.