A police officer shot a man who had rampaged through the Berlin Cathedral, police in the German capital said.
German media said police were called to the Berliner Dom, a major tourist attraction on the historic Museum Island, after a dispute between two people there.
Footage posted on social media showed armed police cordoning off the area around the cathedral.
Two ambulances were parked at its entrance.
“In the Berliner Dom in the city centre our colleagues opened fire on a rampaging man shortly after 1600,” Berlin police said on twitter.
“He was injured in the legs. Please avoid rumours.”
The Tagesspiegel newspaper said two people had been injured, the suspect and a man he had attacked.
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