Germany: Suspect Dead After Killing Mother, Taking Hostages

Police vehicles are parked around a cordoned off area at the Altmarktgalerie during a hostage situation in Dresden, Germany, on Dec. 10, 2022. Jorg Schurig/dpa via AP

BERLIN—German police said Saturday that a man suspected of killing his mother and later taking two people hostage in the eastern city of Dresden has died.

Authorities had urged people to avoid an area in the city center and ordered Dresden’s Christmas market to remain closed while the police operation to free the hostages was underway.