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Investigators begin work after police free hostage at Cologne station

Monday, 15 October 2018 10:53 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 15 October 2018 11:52 PM ]

Armed Police are seen on the platform during the hostage taking at the main railway station in Cologne, western Germany, on October 15, 2018. (AFP)

Emergency services were deployed at the central station in Cologne on Monday after an assailant took a woman hostage in the area and a hostage-taking emergency unfolded.

Police Special forces asre seen at the hostage taking at the main railway station in Cologne, western Germany, on October 15, 2018. (AFP)

Police evacuated the area and cordoned off the station, and moved in to rescue the hostage. According to Cologne police, the hostage-taker was eventually arrested, while the woman held hostage in a pharmacy has suffered minor injuries.

The attacker is being treated for severe injuries, according to reports. Investigators were seen working at the scene of the incident.

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