An Iranian man was fatally shot near Germany’s border with the Czech Republic after a German police patrol stopped his car for a check and he fired at the officers, police said.
The shooting occurred on a road between Schirnding and Munchenreuth, just inside Germany, on the afternoon of May 31.
Bavarian police said the driver left his car and fired at the officers, who returned fire and fatally wounded him. He died at the scene.
The driver, who was alone in the car, was identified as a 47 year-old Iranian who had lived in the Mannheim area of south western Germany for several years.
Police believe he was returning from a trip to the Czech Republic to buy drugs, as he was carrying a “low three-digit gram” quantity of crystal meth, according to a Bavarian police statement.
