Germany: Hostage-Taker Arrested, Captives Unharmed

Germany: Hostage-Taker Arrested, Captives Unharmed
Tara MacIsaac
8/19/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

Police have arrested a man who took three hostages Monday morning at the city hall of Ingolstadt, Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel had been set to hold a campaign rally later in the day. 

Police spokesman Guenther Beck to The Associated Press that the captives were safe and the hostage taker was injured. 

Local publication, the Donau Kurier had earlier reported that the suspected hostage taker was a 24-year-old man who had been stalking a 25-year-old employee at the city hall. The three hostages were reported to be Deputy Mayor Sepp Misslbeck, his secretary, and the city government’s complaint manager.