Video: Frankenthal hostage-taker tasered by German police at gas station

German police tasered a man who took several hostages at a gas station in the small village of Frankenthal, South-West Germany. The officers said that the man was threatening three men and two women, employees of the gas station. After releasing four hostages, the suspect demanded a car and a mobile phone; then he tried to escape by pointing a knife to the neck of a woman, the last hostage. A policeman tasered the hostage-taker which was quickly detained afterwards. None was seriously injured during the operation.