Children held hostage in German sports hall

lengerich - In a sports hall in the German town of Lengerich, between Münster and Osnabrück, at the beginning of the evening, dozens of children and some escorts were taken hostage by a 25-year-old man.

He threatened the training group and held the members for over an hour. The perpetrator, who acted alone, was arrested by a special unit of the police. According to the first reports, nobody was injured.