Erding,bavaria – Police fired at Bundeswehr soldiers during a large-scale military exercise in Erding,Bavaria,on Thursday morning,prompting a โjoint investigation. No one was โinjured, and authorities stateโ there was no danger to the public.
The incident occurred during “Marshal Power,” an exercise involving approximately 800 personnel – 500 โฃsoldiers and 300 civilian โemergency services – practicing defense scenarios in a public โsetting. โฃThe exerciseโข aims toโค prepare for potential defense situations, โขincluding combating drones, sabotage, and โirregular forces, simulating the defense of a NATO member state under attack.Training also includes securingโค crime scenes,traffic control,weapons cacheโ detection,and protecting critical infrastructure like the decommissioned Isar 2 nuclearโ power plant.
“The โpolice are ‘in โคclose contact’ withโ the โขBundeswehr,”โ the responsible headquarters stated, aimingโค to “clarify the background to the incident as quickly as possible.” Erding criminalโข police โฃare collaboratingโข with specialists โfrom the Bavarian State Criminalโ Police Office.
The Bundeswehr military police are working withโค civilian police to โคdetermine how the incident occurred. A decision regardingโ theโค continuation of the exercise โขin Bavaria is expected Thursdayโ morning. The crime scene remains cordoned off for forensic investigation.
