Bavaria: Man with a toy gun triggers a large-scale manhunt

Bad Kissingen (dpa / lby) - With a toy gun, a man in Bad Kissingen in Lower Franconia triggered a large-scale manhunt by the police. A passerby reported a person with a firearm on Thursday, the police said on Friday. According to police statements, at least ten patrols then searched for the initially unknown person. During the subsequent check, the mistake turned out to be true. The man got away with a lesson. For data protection reasons, the police did not want to name the man's age.