In Munich, Germany, a young person reported to be carrying a weapon-like object was seriously injured as a result of fire opened by plainclothes police teams who arrived at the scene. While police claimed the youth pointed the softair pistol at them despite warnings, the prosecutor's office launched a preliminary investigation into the incident. The police officer who fired the shot is currently considered a 'witness,' while an investigation has been launched against the injured youth on the grounds of threatening police officers.

In Munich's Schwabing district, plainclothes police seriously injured a 14-year-old Turkish citizen by shooting him during an incident they responded to after a report of a person carrying a weapon-like object.

Police announced that the softair pistol in the youth's hand was difficult to distinguish from a real gun and that the youth pointed the weapon at them despite warnings.

While the prosecutor's office launched a preliminary investigation into the incident, the officer who fired was considered a 'witness'; an investigation was launched against the injured youth on the grounds of threatening police officers.

On Belgrad Street in the Schwabing district of Munich, Germany, plainclothes police teams arrived at the scene following a report from bystanders that "a person was carrying a weapon-like object" and shot the youth, injuring him.

“RAISED THE WEAPON DESPITE WARNINGS"

It was reported that the seriously injured youth underwent surgery and his condition is stable.

Police sources claimed that "the youth acted as if loading the weapon and, despite warnings, raised the weapon and turned it towards them."

Police announced that the softair pistol in the youth's hand was extremely difficult to distinguish from a real gun from a distance.

OFFICER WHO FIRED SHOT CONSIDERED "WITNESS"

The prosecutor's office launched a preliminary investigation into the incident. It was reported that the police officer who fired the shot is currently considered a "witness" in the investigation.

INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED AGAINST INJURED YOUTH

An investigation was launched against the injured youth on the grounds of threatening police officers. It was stated that the youth came to Germany with his family in 2023 and his asylum application was rejected.

Baba Agency/Munich