German police shot a man allegedly threatening them with an axe in city hosting Euro 2024 match  

Police cordon off an area near the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, June 16, 2024. Police say officers have shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb.

German police said Sunday 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 soccer tournament.