>As part of an exercise called Marshal Power, the Bundeswehr is currently carrying out an exercise involving some 500 military police as well as hundreds of first responders from police, fire and rescue services.
>The drills are being conducted in public spaces in a dozen Bavarian towns and cities to the north of Munich, including Erding
>Bavarian police responded to reports of a man carrying a weapon and deployed multiple units to the southeast of Erding, including a helicopter, early on Wednesday evening.
>The military police fired practice ammunition at the arriving police officers, believing this was part of the military exercise.
>The police officers then reportedly fired back with live ammunition, hitting one of the soldiers.
>"Due to a misinterpretation at the scene, shots were fired," the Bavarian police said in a statement.
>The soldier has since been discharged from hospital, where he was treated for minor facial injuries from a grazing shot.