A 65-year-old woman barricaded herself inside a hospital in Aachen in western Germany on Monday, sparking a major police operation. The woman entered the facility in the afternoon, the police said. Smoke was noticed coming from the building a short time later. The Bild newspaper reported that the woman had set off pyrotechnics inside the hospital. The police, the fire department, and hospital representatives all declined to comment on the report. Police dispatched special forces to the site. Apartments in the surrounding area were evacuated. Whether the woman is armed and whether she has other…