German police shoot man with axe in city hosting Euro 2024 match

Officers cordoned off an area near the Reeperbahn in Hamburg following the incident (Steven Hutchings/dpa via AP)

German police have said they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the Euro 2024 football tournament.

The man was receiving medical treatment, Hamburg police said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, without providing further details.