Hesse: passers-by threatened with a stun gun: man arrested

Frankfurt / Main (dpa / lhe) - A man is said to have fired a shot in Frankfurt with a blank gun and threatened passers-by. According to witnesses, the 37-year-old indiscriminately aimed at people with the gun after the shot was fired on Monday evening, the police said on Tuesday. When the police arrived at the scene, the intoxicated man tried to flee but was arrested. In addition to the alarm gun, the officers found a knife, a steel rod and a broken Molotov cocktail on him. In addition, firecrackers and narcotics were discovered on the escape route and in the 37-year-old's apartment. Nobody was injured in the incident.