Heavily armed police officers secure a suspected crime scene in the south of the state capital. A woman was seriously injured by a gunshot. The perpetrator is on the run.
After a woman was shot in Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt), the police are searching for the suspected perpetrator with a large contingent. The operation is ongoing, a spokeswoman for the Magdeburg police station said late on Monday afternoon. The search has so far been unsuccessful since the morning.
According to information, a 51-year-old woman was seriously injured by gunfire in front of a residential building in the south of Magdeburg on Monday morning. A suspect between the ages of 35 and 40 is currently on the run. The police have not yet been able to say how the two people are related to each other. The investigation into this was still ongoing.
According to their own information, the police are on the move with numerous emergency services in Saxony-Anhalt’s state capital. In addition to a police helicopter and a drone, search dogs were also used. In the morning, heavily armed police officers cordoned off a street in the Fermersleben district of Magdeburg.