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Woman with samurai sword in supermarket

In Greiz in eastern Thuringia, a woman has triggered a police operation because she was shopping in a supermarket with a samurai sword. Customers and sales staff reported to the police when they saw the woman in the supermarket on Saturday evening with the approximately 70-centimeter-long...

A sign reading "Police" hangs on a police station. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A sign reading "Police" hangs on a police station. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Crime - Woman with samurai sword in supermarket

In Greiz in eastern Thuringia, a woman has triggered a police operation because she was shopping in a supermarket with a samurai sword. Customers and sales staff reported to the police when they saw the woman in the supermarket on Saturday evening with the approximately 70-centimeter-long sword, as the police announced on Sunday. The woman told officers that she had received the sword from an acquaintance and wanted to make a spontaneous purchase at the supermarket on her way home. According to the police, carrying a sword in public is against the Weapons Act. The officers confiscated the sword and criminal proceedings were initiated.

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  1. Despite the ongoing police operation in Greiz, a city located in eastern Thuringia, Germany, a different incident of criminality occurred elsewhere in the country during the same weekend.
  2. News outlets reported that on Sunday, police in another part of Germany initiated a new operation after a woman was spotted carrying a samurai sword in a supermarket in the city of Greiz on Sunday.
  3. The incident occurred on a usual shopping day, Sunday, at a local supermarket in Greiz, a city known in Germany, particularly for its historical sites such as the Greiz Castle.
  4. The police operation in Thuringia on Saturday was not an isolated incident, as criminality involving weapons continues to be a concern in various parts of Germany, with authorities always on high alert.

Source: www.stern.de

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