Hamburg police shoot man with axe and ‘Molotov cocktail’ ahead of Euro 2024 game

The incident took place near the city’s fan park in the St Pauli district around two and a half hours before the Netherlands faced Poland.

Hamburg police have shot a man they say was armed with an “axe-like object” and a “Molotov cocktail” just hours before the city staged its first game of Euro 2024.