Overview
- Police opened fire Wednesday evening in Erding after emergency calls reported a person with a long gun, according to a Bavarian police statement.
- Responding units, including a helicopter, moved to Hohenlindener Street in Altenerding where they encountered military personnel taking part in a drill.
- The soldier was grazed in the face, received hospital treatment for minor injuries, and was released, and police said there was no danger to the public.
- The incident occurred during Marshal Power, a drill conducted across about a dozen Bavarian towns that involves roughly 500 military police and hundreds of local police and firefighters, Deutsche Welle reported.
- Bild reported that soldiers fired blanks, prompting officers who were unaware of the exercise to return live fire, and state criminal police and prosecutors in Landshut have opened an inquiry.