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German Soldier Wounded by Police Gunfire in Mistaken Response to Military Drill
Police responding to reports of an armed man mistakenly shot a Bundeswehr soldier during a large-scale exercise involving 800 troops and multiple emergency services.
- On Wednesday, a soldier was shot by police during a large-scale Bundeswehr exercise in Erding, Germany, conducted in public spaces around Munich.
- Bavarian police were responding to residents' reports of a man carrying a weapon and deployed multiple units including a helicopter during the Marshal Power exercise involving some 800 soldiers.
- Military police fired practice ammunition at arriving police officers, who then returned fire with live ammunition, wounding one soldier.
- State criminal police together with local officers are investigating the incident, and the wounded individual has been discharged from hospital after treatment for minor injuries.
- Given the exercise's public setting, the episode raises the question `Why did German police shoot at military troops?` and highlights risks in joint drills in public spaces in and around Munich.
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A large police force moves out in the Bavarian Erding. A fatal confusion leads to a firefight. Two people are injured.
After a shot at a Bundeswehr soldier by the Bavarian police during an exercise, the authorities are looking for the cause.
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