Munich Police shoot woman in knife attack in supermarket

Police are alerted to an assault in Munich. The suspect is discovered in a supermarket.

A woman was shot dead by police in a supermarket in Munich on Monday evening. She is said to have attacked the police officers with a knife. The attacker died on the spot, a police spokesman told the German news agency DPA.

The officers had been alerted to an assault at another location - in the area of Goetheplatz. The woman who informed the police about it was still following the suspect, a police spokeswoman said. She led the officers to a supermarket in the Sendling district, where they discovered the suspect. She attacked the police officers with a knife. The officers then used their weapons. Who fired the shots and how many shots were fired was not initially reported.

There was also no further information about the dead person or the assault. The police spokeswoman said late in the evening that forensic measures were currently underway in the store. The road in front of the supermarket, which had been closed for a while, was clear again.

SDA