Germany: Pregnant Woman Held Hostage in Refugee Center

Armed police were called amid reports a man with a weapon had stormed into the facility in Hammerbrook area of the German city this morning.

He is understood to have been holding a pregnant woman - believed to be his partner - hostage at the centre and was holed-up in a room.

Footage online shows elite German officers with assault rifles storming into the building this morning at about 10.30am local time.

A pregnant woman in a yellow top was seen being led away from the building a short time later.

According to Bild, the man was overpowered by police and was seen on a stretcher being taken to an ambulance.