Police shot down a man wielding an axe near crowds of football fans at Euro 2024.
According to early reports, police have closed the Reeperbahn in Hamburg.
Thousands of Dutch fans have gathered in the German city for the Euro 2024 games, and the area is thought to be nearby.
Four loud bangs were heard before hundreds of riot police rushed in.
Rory Smith, chief football correspondent for the New York Times, wrote on X: “To confirm: police have shot a man threatening fans with an axe a few hundred yards away from the fan zone in Hamburg.”
‘The attacker was “severely injured” and has just been driven away in an ambulance.’
