In the Baden-Württemberg district of Grünsfeld in the Main-Tauber-Kreis, a man on Tuesday stole a digger and subsequently injured people and damaged numerous vehicles.
“In Tauberbischofsheim, the man was finally stopped from destroying an auto dealership by a police shoot-out” the Heilbronn police reported. There was no further danger to the population, it was added. According to media reports, the alleged car-ramming attacker is believed to have died in the process.
The motives behind the crime were initially unclear. Authorities have launched an investigation.