A man who reportedly attacked three police officers with a knife near Nuremberg in Germany died after police shot him near a train station on Sunday, according to a police spokesman.
The 34-year-old Iranian citizen died at the scene of the shooting in the southern town of Lauf an der Pegnitz, despite immediate first aid measures being initiated, the spokesman said on Monday.
Details about the motive and the exact sequence of events are still unclear, and authorities said a thorough investigation would be conducted.
"We are still at the very beginning of the investigation," said Heike Klotzbücher of the public prosecutor's office in the nearby city of Nuremberg.
Klotzbücher said he could not immediately say where the man lived and whether he had been in trouble with the police.
"We can't say any more about what happened either," she said.
The man is said to have initially targeted a police patrol car, and then tried to attack the three officers while brandishing a knife when they got out of their vehicle, according to an initial police investigation.
A female federal police officer shot the man, according to authorities. The shooting took place at a bus stop outside of a commuter rail station in the town.
A police spokesman said the officers were uninjured and did not provide details on how many shots were fired.
In a mobile phone video posted online, three police officers can be seen surrounding a man lying on the ground. A female officer is pointing her gun at him.
According to the police, the three police officers immediately administered first aid and were later joined by an emergency doctor. However, they were unable to save him.
The town of Lauf an der Pegnitz was celebrating the Old Town Festival that day, and numerous visitors were out and about at the time of the incident.
However, according to the police, there was no danger to the public. The train station, however, remained out of service for some time in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
