June 17 – German police shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a Molotov cocktail in Hamburg just hours before Sunday’s game between Netherlands and Poland.
The incident happened in the St. Pauli area of the city, which was thronged with fans. Police said the man may have been suffering from mental illness and that there was no indication that the incident was related to the game.
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