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An hours-long stand-off at a hospital in the western German city of Aachen came to an end late Monday with police overpowering a woman who had threatened staff and barricaded herself inside a room. The 65-year-old was seriously injured by police gunfire during the raid by a special tactical unit. “As the woman did not respond when spoken to, the police officers used their firearms to put an end to the dangerous situation,” a police statement said. A dpa reporter at the scene saw the woman, wrapped in an emergency blanket, wheeled out of the facility on a stretcher and taken to an ambulance. No…

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