Several people, including a female police officer, have been injured after shots were fired at a subway station in a suburb of Munich on Tuesday morning, the police said. The suspect, who was also injured in the shooting, has been arrested.
Authorities have said that a handgun was fired during a police check at the Unterfoehring train station. The Munich Police said on Twitter that the female police officer suffered serious injuries in the shooting. The area around the Unterfoehring train station has been cordoned off and the spot secured by the police.
They added that there was no evidence of more suspects in the area and that there was no danger to the public. The police also said that there was no "political or religious" motive behind the shooting.
"The sole male perpetrator was motivated by personal reasons. There is no political or religious background here," the police was quoted by AFP as saying.
Munich Police spokesman Michael Riehlein told the Associated Press that the shooting happened when the police were carrying out a check at the Unterfoehring subway station. He added that shots were fired during the check but could not confirm whether it was fired by the police or by a suspect. He further added that ambulances have been sent to the site of the shooting.
Witnesses said that the suspect took the police officer's pistol and shot her and also injured several others at the station, the Associated Press reported citing Munich's Merkur newspaper.
