German police give all-clear after hostage-taking in Dresden

 German police give all-clear after hostage-taking in Dresden

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German police give all-clear after hostage-taking in Dresden

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police gave the all-clear after a hostage-taking that had prompted it to evacuate a shopping mall in the historic city centre of Dresden and shut the famous Striezelmarkt Christmas market on Saturday.

"All-clear! The hostage situation in #Dresden is over!" police said on Twitter, adding that two people who appeared to be unharmed were in its care.