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**Pasy** · 03-04-2011, 03:46 AM

German police there are armed, correct? I'm surprised that they didn't shot him considering he had already opened fire.

The guy run into the airports main checking in hall and it was crowded.
His gun had jammed and when they realised it, they knew they could get him without opening fire in a crowded airport.

German law allows police only to use weapons when life is endangered.
Had they been at the bus when the shooting took place he certainly would be dead.
But as he was not able to do any more harm with a jammed gun, they were obliged to take him alive.

I was at the airport just over an hour earlier to bring my GF to her plane.
Heard the news on my way back home on the radio.

They could have taken the guys to Ramstein on the bus. It´s just a 50 minute drive.
Transferring them from the International to the freight terminal - that´s where the military planes start these days for flights within Germany - and then checking them in again takes longer than that.

03-04-2011, 03:46 AM	#23
Pasy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	German police there are armed, correct? I'm surprised that they didn't shot him considering he had already opened fire. The guy run into the airports main checking in hall and it was crowded. His gun had jammed and when they realised it, they knew they could get him without opening fire in a crowded airport. German law allows police only to use weapons when life is endangered. Had they been at the bus when the shooting took place he certainly would be dead. But as he was not able to do any more harm with a jammed gun, they were obliged to take him alive. I was at the airport just over an hour earlier to bring my GF to her plane. Heard the news on my way back home on the radio. They could have taken the guys to Ramstein on the bus. It´s just a 50 minute drive. Transferring them from the International to the freight terminal - that´s where the military planes start these days for flights within Germany - and then checking them in again takes longer than that.
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