Witness describes fear after car incident and police gunfire near Hanover

Three people have been arrested, but their involvement remains unclear as investigators reconstruct the confrontation in Neustadt am Rübenberge.

Channel: WELT Nachrichtensender ·

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0:10Schröder reports from the registered keeper's address of the vehicle under investigation.
0:52Mahmud describes a longstanding family dispute and threats preceding the confrontation.
2:11Mahmud says a BMW tried to run people over before police fired as it fled.
3:13He disputes one detainee's involvement and says he possesses video evidence.
4:46Schröder stresses that police are still reconstructing the confused events.

A man standing at a police cordon describes threats, a confrontation between families and a BMW allegedly driven toward people before police opened fire. His account is central to Germany's WELT Nachrichtensender report from Neustadt am Rübenberge, a town near Hanover in Lower Saxony.

The broadcaster reports several injuries and three arrests following the violence. It says investigators have not yet established whether those arrested were involved. Reporter Gerrit Schröder is outside the registered keeper's address of the vehicle under investigation, with police visible behind him.

The interviewee, identified as Mahmud, says a long-running dispute between families preceded the confrontation. He describes an encounter near a McDonald's and says his group went toward police officers at a bridge. According to his account, people from the other group attacked both them and the officers.

Mahmud then says a BMW tried to run people over and that police fired shots as the vehicle fled. He also criticizes aspects of the police response and disputes the involvement of one person taken into custody. He says he has videos that could support his account and help establish what happened.

The interview ends with Mahmud describing continuing fear of further confrontations and saying his family is cooperating with investigators. These allegations have not been independently confirmed, the broadcaster states.

Although the report frames the incident as suspected violence involving criminal family networks, the interview presents one participant's version rather than a completed police reconstruction. Schröder closes by emphasizing that investigators are still working to untangle the confused sequence of events.

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