Rex A huge police presence is in Saarbrucken after an armed man holed himself up in a restasurant

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A huge police presence took over area in the German city of Saarbrücken, next to the French border, as officers sealed off the area. A police official said the man seemed to be in an "exceptional psychological situation" and there were no indications it was a terrorist-related incident. It remained unclear how he came by his injuries.



Counter-terrorism officers were scrambled to the scene and it is believed staff at the "Dubrovnik" restaurant on Kupfergasse Road managed to escape when the gunman entered the building at 9.15am on Sunday. He is thought to have ordered staff out of the building and took no hostages after shouting: "All out."

Several people, believed to be waiters and the owner, were seen sprinting into the road. Heavily-armed SWAT officers were ready to storm the site where the man had barricaded himself. Police said the man is thought to be the son-in-law of the restaurant's owner. A spokesman added the man is originally from Macedonia but has lived in Germany for many years. A negotiating group of police, pschologists and conflict specialists were at the scene this morning attempting to talk to him.

Rex The man was covered in blood when he went screaming into the restaurant

NC SWAT teams were seen at the scene

After three hours, police managed to safely enter the restaurant where they found the man lying "almost asleep" in the basement. He was unarmed and only slightly injured, despite the amount of blood previously seen. The man was taken to hospital.

Germany is on high alert following a wave of attacks across the country over the past few weeks. A teenage refugee, from either Afghanistan or Pakistan, went on an axe rampage on a train in Würzburg on July 19, badly injuring five people - four who were tourists from Hong Kong. It later emerged he had an Islamic State (ISIS) flag in his room.

NC The road was closed off as negotiators tried to coax the man out

Google Maps Today's incident has happened in Saarbrucken, southwest of Frankfurt

Days later, on July 22, Ali Sonboly shot dead nine people, mainly teenagers he had lured to McDonald's in Munich's Olympiad shopping centre on the proviso of free food. The 18 year old German-Iranian shot himself a kilometre away from the scene and was found to have been a fan of Hitler.

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A third attack happened on July 24 when 15 people were injured, four seriously, after a Syrian refugee set off a suicide bomb outside a wine bar in Ansbach. He had pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic terror group. The 27 year old had been in touch with ISIS leaders to plan more terror attacks but his backpack exploded unexpectedly, killing him.