Cologne Attacker Ignited Molotov Cocktail In Cafe Before Taking Hostage - Police

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Cologne Attacker Ignited Molotov Cocktail in Cafe Before Taking Hostage - Police

Before taking a woman hostage at the train station in the German city of Cologne, the attacker ignited a Molotov cocktail in a cafe, head of the hostage rescue operation Klaus Rueschenschmidt said.

BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th October, 2018) Before taking a woman hostage at the train station in the German city of Cologne, the attacker ignited a Molotov cocktail in a cafe, head of the hostage rescue operation Klaus Rueschenschmidt said.

"At midday ... we were informed about the situation that took place in a fast food restaurant at the central station in Cologne. According to our information, the criminal lit a Molotov cocktail in the restaurant. As a result, a 14-year-old girl was wounded. She is in hospital with burns," he said.

Rueschenschmidt added that the criminal then ran out of the restaurant and went to a pharmacy, also located at the train station, where he took a woman hostage.

Earlier in the day, media reported that while at the pharmacy, the man allegedly demanded a safe flight to Syria and said himself he was a member of the Islamic State (terrorist organization banned in Russia). The police were able to free the hostage. Both the woman and the man who held her captive have been hospitalized.