Gunman kills elderly mum before taking hostages at Dresden shopping mall

German police have ended an hours-long hostage situation after an armed man killed his mother and stormed a Dresden shopping mall.

German police have ended an hours-long hostage situation after an armed man killed his mother and stormed a DresdenSaxony State Police this morning shut down Altmarkt-Galerie, one of the most popular shopping malls in Dresden, and the Striezelmarkt Christmas market.

Members of the force’s tactical unit, the Spezialeinsatzkommando, or Special Task Force, had also been sent to the scene.‘Two people are in our care, apparently unarmed.’It was not immediately clear whether the suspect has been arrested. Police separately confirmed that the body of a 62-year-old woman was found in an apartment in the Prohlis neighbourhood who was the mother of the suspect. 40.

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