Armed man barricades himself in German restaurant

An armed man has barricaded himself inside a restaurant in the western German city of Saarbruecken. A police elite counter-terrorism unit has been scrambled to storm the building, RT reported citing German media.

The armed man, who was covered in blood, ordered staff at the “Dubrovnik” restaurant in the city center to leave the building, while he took no hostages, according to Bild.

A police official told Reuters that the man seemed to be psychologically disturbed and there were no reason to believe the incident was terrorism-related.