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SINDELFINGEN (dpa-AFX) – After a wild frenzy, the driver of a minibus on the Mercedes-Benz factory premises in Sindelfingen was only stopped by an accident and a shot. The man broke through a barrier to the company’s premises with his car and stepped on the gas pedal, the police and the public prosecutor said on Monday. A curb and a traffic island abruptly ended the frenzy of the 61-year-old on Saturday afternoon.
While more than a dozen police officers occupied the entrances and exits to the factory premises, officials caught the man fleeing on foot. However, he was armed with a jackknife and “gesticulated,” it said. Because he approached the police despite repeated requests, one of the officers fired a shot and hit the 61-year-old in the leg.
According to further information from the police and prosecutors, the man was taken to a psychiatric facility. So far nothing has been revealed about his motive.
Around 25,000 people work at the plant. In addition to the E-Class, the S-Class and its electric counterpart EQS roll off the assembly line in Sindelfingen in the Böblingen district of Baden-Württemberg./mov/jug/DP/ngu
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