Police here in Germany say commando units have stormed a hijacked city bus and disarmed the alleged hijacker. Police said there were no injuries during the operation. They said the suspect is a 17-year-old Lebanese youth. He boarded the bus at about mid-morning local time in the northern city of Bremen and then forced the driver to embark on a 170 kilometre chase across northern Germany. Police said the suspect surrendered when the elite police sharpshooters stormed the bus, without firing a shot. There were five hostages on the bus when the seven-hour drama ended near Hanover. The hijacker had freed a number of hostages earlier in the day.
According to Der Speigel, "the Lebanon born man was in-patriated in the past year." And had an "Islamic background." |