Offender arrested hostage taker from Lengerich was already in the sights of police
Offender arrested hostage taker from Lengerich was already in the sights of police

The man who has taken in a sports hall in North Rhine-Westphalia 43 children and two caregivers hostage, is already the end of December, in the point of view of the police. According to a spokesperson from Tuesday, the authorities had instructed the 25-Year-old by the end of 2018, according to a suicide notice for self-protection in psychiatry. There, the man threatened, according to police information, with a bomb. Then searched the officials of the man-occupied hotel rooms in the münsterland region, found only commercially available new year’s eve fireworks.

The 25-Year-old was held on Monday evening in a sports hall in Lengerich, in the Northern part of the münsterland, the children and young people and two supervisors for about an hour, and threatened. The motive for the hostage-taking, the investigation continues. The investigators also Point to a possible mental illness of the man. The alleged perpetrator had threatened the hostage-taking once again, with a bomb.

The hostage-takers had provided some out of context claims, it said. After that he let the children first between 12 and 18 years of age. A little later, the two 23-year-old carers were able to leave the hall unharmed. The victims were temporarily being cared for by police in a neighboring hardware store. The 25-Year-old was overwhelmed by the special forces and arrested. After the end of the hostage-taking by police officers with explosive-seeking dogs in the hall, but they found nothing Suspicious. A gun is not have worn the man.