Hamburg police announced on Sunday June 16 that they had injured a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device.
The incident occurred outside a café, near the Reeperbahn, an avenue located in the Sankt-Pauli district, where, according to German media, thousands of fans were strolling before the Euro match 2024 between the Netherlands and Poland, which will be played from 3 p.m. Hamburg is one of the cities where the Euro football matches are taking place and a large police force has been deployed.
By midday Sunday, the man was receiving medical treatment, police added in a statement. https://twitter.com/PolizeiHamburg/status/1802294940518457668without providing further details.
However, “there is no evidence showing that there is a link with football” and the match scheduled for the afternoon in the Hanseatic city between the Netherlands and Poland, a spokesperson for the local police, Thilo Marxsen, told Agence France Presse.
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