German police shoot dead man who sought to attack officers with knife

German police shot dead a Turkish man who sought to attack officers with a knife on January 5 in city of Gelsenkirchen. man was reportedly holding a knife behind his back when he struck a patrol car with an object with  motive to assault officers standing by vehicle.

According to media reports, police warned attacker but his refusal to stop forced a 23-year-old policeman to open fire at him which eventually lead to his death. Rumours were afloat that man shouted ‘Allah hu Akbar’ during attack but police spokesperson rejected such claims.

Attack near Checkpoint Charlie

On December 30, an individual opened fire in a shop near Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie ahead of New Year celebrations. According to a local newspaper, Friedrichstrasse and Kochstrasse intersection near Checkpoint Charlie were cordoned off for police operation.

Berlin Police took to Twitter to inform that an unkwn suspect fired several shots in a shop, assuming that it was an attempted robbery in Friedrichstraße, a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin. Police furr stated that situation is under control but didn’t reveal if re has been any casualty.

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Checkpoint Charlie is a major tourist destination, a symbol of Cold War that divided western bloc of capitalist countries from communist east led by Soviet Union. Recently, city administration reached a consensus on redevelopment plan, clearing path for a drastic facelift. It will be transformed into a public square with a cold war museum and residential block.

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Senator for Urban Development and Housing, Katrin Lompscher, said that development appropriate to particular place could be initiated with broad public participation. She added that blocking of change has been replaced by binding public planning goals.

“Once development plan has been established, it is planned to hold competitions for construction area, in particular for design of planned museum,” said city government in a statement.

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(With inputs from ncies)