#AceNewsReport – Oct.16: A hostage crisis at a prison in Munster, Germany has come to an end after officers killed the perpetrator and rescued the hostage, local police have reported: The dramatic situation unfolded at the prison early on Friday morning after an inmate at a correctional facility in Munster took a hostage. The police were alerted at around 6:30am and cordoned off the area around the prison, which is located in the northeastern part of Munster:

+++ #Geiselnahme in der JVA – Geisel befreit +++ Heute Morgen (16.10.) kam es gegen 6:30 Uhr zu einem #Polizei|großeinsatz. Ein Insasse bedrohte eine Person, diese konnte unverletzt befreit werden. Es kam zum Schusswaffengebrauch. Der Geiselnehmer erlag seinen Verletzungen. pic.twitter.com/8Yfv3Zn3Dv — Polizei NRW MS (@Polizei_nrw_ms) October 16, 2020
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Hours later, a police operation was launched, during which officers used their firearms against the hostage-taker: The person, who was an inmate at the prison, died from their injuries, police spokesman Frank Rentmeister told the media. The hostage was not hurt, the report said:
The police offered no further details about the rescue or the people involved in the immediate aftermath: Some local media reported that the hostage-taker had only a few months of his sentence remaining before release:
#AceNewsDesk report ………….Published: Oct.16: 2020: