Long stand-off at German hospital ends with police overpowering woman

DPA
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Firefighters carry a ladder outside a hospital in Aachen, where a 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside. Henning Kaiser/dpa
Firefighters carry a ladder outside a hospital in Aachen, where a 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside. Henning Kaiser/dpa

An hours-long stand-off at a hospital in the western German city of Aachen came to an end late Monday with police overpowering the 65-year-old woman who had barricaded herself in a room.

The police initially gave no information about the woman's health. But they said that no other people at the hospital were believed to have suffered injuries.

A dpa reporter at the scene saw the woman wheeled out of the facility on a stretcher.

A special police vehicle is parked outside a hospital in Aachen, where a 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside. Ulrike Hofsähs/dpa
A special police vehicle is parked outside a hospital in Aachen, where a 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside. Ulrike Hofsähs/dpa
Heavily armed police officers and rescue workers are deployed outside a hospital in Aachen, where a 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside. Henning Kaiser/dpa
Heavily armed police officers and rescue workers are deployed outside a hospital in Aachen, where a 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside. Henning Kaiser/dpa