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Hostage-taker arrested by police in Dresden, Germany
Updated 20:18, 10-Dec-2022
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Police cordon off the Altmarktgalerie shopping center after a hostage situation in Dresden, Germany, December 10, 2022. /CFP
Police cordon off the Altmarktgalerie shopping center after a hostage situation in Dresden, Germany, December 10, 2022. /CFP

Police cordon off the Altmarktgalerie shopping center after a hostage situation in Dresden, Germany, December 10, 2022. /CFP

A hostage-taker was arrested, and the hostages were unharmed in Dresden, Germany on Saturday, local media NTV reported citing police. 

The man had holed up in the Altmarktgalerie shopping center in downtown Dresden in the morning. 

Around 7:20 a.m. local time, the police in Dresden also found a dead woman in an apartment building. The homicide is related to the operation downtown, the police said. 

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