Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information The headquarters of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG in Unterfoehring That values ProSieben at about €5.7 a share BERLIN (AP) — A police officer was shot in the head after a man grabbed her service pistol and opened fire in an incident at a Munich subway station early Tuesday morning The officer's injuries were considered life-threatening while those to the two bystanders shot at the Unterfoehring station were less serious Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins said The suspect was seriously injured by gunfire "There was one suspect and we've got him," da Gloria Martins told reporters at the scene Authorities do not believe the incident had to do with terrorism and that the suspect appeared to have acted out of "personal" reasons and not with political or religious motivations Police had been called to the subway station following reports of an altercation among passengers on a train When officers arrived the suspect attempted to push them onto the tracks The suspect then managed to grab the female officer's gun and fired several shots before he was shot himself and taken into custody Report a typo Police in German city arrest suspect who took gun from officer and shot her in head in non-terrorism-related incident A police officer has been shot in the head at a Munich metro station after a man grabbed her service pistol and opened fire The officer’s injuries were considered life-threatening the Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins said The suspect was seriously injured after being shot by police “There was one suspect and we’ve got him,” Da Gloria Martins told reporters at the scene Authorities did not believe the incident was terrorism-related and that the suspect appeared to have acted out of “personal” reasons and not with political or religious motivations Police had been called to the subway station after receiving reports of an altercation between passengers on a train When officers arrived the suspect tried to push them on to the tracks The suspect then grabbed the officer’s gun and fired several shots before he was shot himself and taken into custody The Sky Deutschland AG headquarters in Unterfoehring which weighed on its European operations in the most recent quarter The US broadcaster is working with an adviser as it explores options for Sky Deutschland asking not to be identified discussing confidential information Deliberations are ongoing and Comcast may also decide not to sell ProSiebenSat1 headquarters in Unterfoehring An agreement could be reached as early as January, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. 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Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb has been developing a “smart gun,” a firearm that uses a ring with a chip in it to send a signal to a circuit board embedded in the firearm so that only an authorized user can fire the gun But this isn’t the only technology that exists or is being developed A look at other efforts to build a “smart gun” and earlier efforts at making firearms safer: has developed a handgun that uses a watch that sends signals to the handgun The iP1 is a .22-caliber pistol that carries a 10-round magazine The accompanying watch must be within 10 inches of the handgun for it to fire At least two gun dealers in the United States made it available to customers in 2014 – one in California Both ceased soon after amid an outcry among gun-rights advocates One concern is a New Jersey law that mandates that within three years of a smart gun being commercially available only those types of guns could be bought and sold in the state The cost also is considerably more than a standard handgun the iP1 costs more than $1,300 and the buyer also has to purchase the watch separately for an additional several hundred dollars Among those exploring the use of biometrics – similar to what is used to unlock some iPhones – is a teenager from Colorado Kai Kloepfer received a grant from the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation to develop the technology which would fire the handgun only when it recognized a finger placed on the grip Kloepfer was partly inspired by the shooting at a theater in Aurora which is about an hour from his home in Boulder a startup company devoted to developing firearms using biometrics and other smart-gun technologies He will be attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall after taking a year off after high school to spend more time developing his technology Efforts to make guns safer with technology are not new Many firearms include “trigger guards,” the casing that loops under the trigger Smith & Wesson made a revolver it called “child-proof.” It had what is known as a grip safety that must be squeezed at the same time the trigger is pulled for the gun to discharge The company stopped making firearms with that feature in the 1940s including the iGun Technology shotgun that also includes a programmable ring that sends a signal to the firearm to discharge Springfield Armory produces a line of handguns with a grip safety It was involved in an accidental shooting in March Authorities said a 4-year-old boy in Florida was in the back seat when he shot his mother The gun lobby is wary of the smart-gun technologies and questions their reliability the gun owner needs to have confidence that it’s a reliable weapon of defense – that it works and works instantaneously “There’s no way to practice for the batteries going dead or just when it doesn’t recognize your print,” said Erich Pratt executive director of Gun Owners of America “You don’t want to be messing with buttons … The bad guy in your home isn’t going to have to boot up his weapon.” While the gun lobby has reservations about the reliability of the technology it contends it is not opposed to people looking to develop a smart gun It is concerned that if a smart gun were successfully brought to market it would propel the government to then mandate that all firearms have that technology are not opposed to R&D and development of this technology We’re only opposed to mandates,” said Larry Keane senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation “Not everybody wants or needs that feature.” This report was written by the Associated Press © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins BERLIN (AP) — A 37-year-old man alleged to have shot a police officer in a Munich subway station after randomly attacking another passenger had been living with his father in Colorado and was on a European trip Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters the suspect identified only as a Bavarian-born German citizen flew to Munich airport from Athens on Monday and spent the night in the airport Witnesses told police as the man rode the subway toward the city Tuesday he was talking to himself in English Police were called and when the suspect got off at the suburban Unterfoehring station Surveillance video shows one officer holding a pad of paper and pen taking notes when the suspect suddenly shoved him with "extreme violence" toward an oncoming train In the ensuing struggle the suspect grabbed the officer's pistol from its holster He missed the officer whose weapon he took but hit his colleague in her head as he emptied the eight-shot magazine and are believed to have been hit by shots fired by the suspect The officer hit in the head appears to have fired at least one shot he was able to flee and was apprehended outside by other officers arriving on the scene The injured officer was rushed to a nearby hospital and was still in life-threatening condition on Wednesday The bystanders were also treated and are stable Andrae said police had been in contact with the suspect's father with whom he had been living in the U.S. and said the suspect apparently had a criminal record there He did not give further details but a police source confirmed German media reports that the suspect's name is Alexander B Bild newspaper reported he was staying in Fort Collins In addition to some 200 witnesses to interview Andrae said police also have video surveillance footage from multiple locations to review and are still working on a complete picture of how the attack unfolded The suspect has so far refused to talk with police Situation on the spot secured by police forces. The area around the suburban train station #Unterfohring is being cordoned off Suburban train station #Unterfohring – Several persons wounded by gunshots This article was published more than 10 years ago The SmartSystem iP1 Pistol 4 fires .22 calibre rounds – but only when within 25 cm of the owner’s wristwatch fear the innovation will herald mandatory laws requiring the feature on all firearms.martin bolle Ernst Mauch showed a visitor around his office which sits next to a suburban shopping centre A conference table was arranged with coffee plates of cookies and product samples – in this case has spent his entire working life designing deadly weapons The assault rifle he developed is used by elite U.S special-forces units and is credited with killing Osama bin Laden Mauch would fire thousands of rounds of ammunition in extreme conditions from deserts in Arizona to Swedish permafrost he embarked on a different kind of project A gun that could only be used by its owner "I'm allowed to make that comment," he says with a smile But the story of why it's not for sale in the U.S It's a tale of a cultural clash between Europe and the U.S – and of an American gun debate so radioactive that even promising new technologies cannot find a way to market "I was hoping that people understand the potential," he says "The only intention [was] to stop and minimize killings of people who do not know how bad these kind of products can be." Mauch's story begins in a village called Dunningen near Germany's Black Forest he completed a special course in watchmaking as a teenager then went on to study engineering The program required him to get an apprenticeship Then his father remembered that a neighbour worked for Heckler & Koch a German gun manufacturer founded in 1949 and based nearby then joined as a designer upon his graduation in 1978 moving parts … things like you see in a watch movement Mauch spent 27 years at Heckler & Koch director of research and development and finally co-chief executive he became the first foreigner to win the Chinn Award an honour presented annually by the National Defense Industrial Association in the U.S "He's one of the most remarkable designers of small arms that I've ever known," said David Grange Mauch was asked to testify via conference call in a trial under way in Los Angeles A six-year-old boy had shot and killed his friend with a gun belonging to his father and made by Heckler & Koch He told his wife it had been "a horrible time To explain that a product you use normally for your own protection killed a young boy." That experience "was more or less the starting point for me to think" in a different direction According to the latest statistics from the U.S nearly 600 people are killed in accidental shootings in the United States annually An investigation in 2013 by The New York Times found that those statistics may undercount by half the true number of accidental shootings involving children professional pride was also part of his motivation he saw weapons manufacturers from all over the world capable of producing similar products In an era that has seen the advent of laptops the "killing instruments are still the same," he says A corporate battle over the future direction of Heckler & Koch pushed Mr He says he fielded lucrative job offers from gun manufacturers in six countries Munich-based startup called Armatix in 2006 "I did not want to make the stupid guns again," says Mr would turn out to be harder than he ever imagined There is a black watch strapped to my wrist and a pistol in my hand Fleeting thoughts of the latest James Bond movie pass through my mind only I have the ability to fire this weapon I aim toward the target and squeeze the trigger five times "Want to fire again?" asks an Armatix employee We're in a shipping container that has been converted into a small shooting range It sits in the back of a parking lot in a Munich suburb The occasion is a demonstration of the company's iP1 pistol a .22-calibre handgun and the first "smart gun" for commercial sale Mauch and his team developed a weapon that works using radio-frequency identification – the same technology employed in anti-theft tags on clothes in department stores When that watch is activated with a code and sitting on your wrist – or anywhere less than 25 centimetres away from the gun – the gun will fire it's a "just a piece of composite," says Mr A subsidiary of the American gun maker Mossberg Group made a personalized rifle back in 1998 – it works using a ring to activate it – but decided there wasn't a market for it Other American gun manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson and Colt Manufacturing have also explored developing their own smart-gun technology The interest in such safety measures increased after the massacre of 26 people Department of Justice to conduct a study of the current state of the technology notes that state authorities in California had subjected the Armatix pistol to mandatory firing and safety tests including one requiring the pistol to fire 600 rounds with fewer than six malfunctions Armatix was ready to introduce its pistol in the United States It had marketing materials and promotional swag Two gun dealers – Oak Tree Gun Club in California and Engage Armament in Maryland – agreed to carry the iP1 But it turned out that Armatix had stepped into a minefield The two gun stores were besieged with criticism from gun-rights enthusiasts who learned of the product from media coverage and online forums They flooded the Facebook pages of both stores with angry comments; some even called in death threats according to a video later posted by Andy Raymond Part of the reaction stemmed from a little-known New Jersey law passed in 2002 by gun-control advocates Once a personalized weapon went on sale in the United States all guns sold in New Jersey would have to include such safety features Gun-rights activists feared the Armatix pistol would trigger the law's mandate But they also had a visceral reaction to technology they felt could open the way to government interference with their weapons Raymond of Engage Armament initially resisted He retreated after a night spent sleeping in his store to protect it from perceived threats they always want to have the gun ready to kill," he says putting his hand on his hip to simulate drawing a weapon "They feel – what I don't understand – so threatened." called him a "first-rate" weapons designer but said he didn't appreciate the American context "The thing that worries me and millions like me is that the anti-gunners in our [government] … ONLY want this technology so they can restrict the rights of law-abiding gun owners," the colleague wrote in an e-mail "Would you want to bet your life on your smart phone or laptop Those views echo the positions of the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation two powerful groups representing gun-rights activists and the gun industry The NRA is "opposed to government mandates that require the use of expensive unreliable features," according to a statement posted by its lobbying arm last year Smart guns open "the door to a ban on all guns that do not possess government-required technology." a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation said the firearms industry does not oppose the development of smart-gun technology He says that Armatix offered to license its technology for free for a limited period of time to U.S gun manufacturers so they could try incorporating it into their products Four major American gun companies did not respond to requests for comment "The gun industry in America is decades behind where it should be in safety technology," said Jonathan Lowy a long-time lawyer at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence The impasse in the United States was dispiriting for Mr Mauch and his 30-odd colleagues at Armatix who are split between the headquarters and a production facility near Jena It's there that the company set up machinery capable of churning out thousands of smart guns The project has already cost the company's financial backer millions of euros His wife and three children push him to continue you have to do it." He is a religious man and his faith animates him to use his talents to help people 9-mm calibre smart gun more suited to law-enforcement personnel It will be able to operate in both "smart" and "conventional" modes and will be able to communicate information on when and where it is fired Mauch is hoping police departments in the United States will give it a try he'll travel to various cities on a trip organized by a group called the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation Law-enforcement officials "will understand that he's serious and knows what he's talking about He respects police greatly," said Rabbi Joel Mosbacher who is leading Metro IAF's gun-safety initiative the attorney-general of New Jersey issued a report linked to its smart-gun law the one which had infuriated gun-rights groups The state attorney-general determined that the Armatix weapon did not meet the statutory definition to trigger its provisions because the gun couldn't entirely prevent an unauthorized user from firing it (for instance if someone kept the gun very close to the authorized user wearing the watch) Because its smart gun doesn't activate the law's three-year mandate then opponents in theory have less reason to block the sale of the weapon Mauch doesn't believe the landscape has changed significantly: Gun dealers remain wary and hostility remains who still lives in the village where he was born He wants his weapons to work without fail when they're supposed to with the deadly force that soldiers and police officers require But he wants to be equally confident his guns don't work if misused He was in his office when he heard about the Newtown massacre two years ago this was a higher number of schoolboys and girls "The bad side of the story is that so many killings happen every day and the community does not want to hear it Report an editorial error Report a technical issue Editorial code of conduct Joanna Slater is an award-winning foreign correspondent for The Globe based in the United States where her focus is business and economic news and New York City Her career includes reporting assignments in the U.S. She covered the 2012 presidential elections the Boston marathon bombing and the protests in Ferguson where her assignments included reporting on the financial crisis out of New York and covering South Asian business and politics from Mumbai based first in Hong Kong and then in India where she wrote about a wide range of topics from the massacre of the royal family in Nepal to the Kashmir dispute to discrimination against HIV-positive children She has reported stories from 14 countries Slater was named the 2015 Journalist of the Year at the National Newspaper Awards for her coverage of the refugee crisis which won in the international category as well Her work has also been nominated three times for her contributions to special projects and breaking news coverage she won the Young Journalist Award from the Society of Publishers in Asia attended Smith College and completed two master’s degrees from Columbia University in International Affairs and Journalism Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. 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