Dortmund.
After an accumulation of gas station raids, the police are checking for a connection – even beyond Dortmund. A gas station was hit twice.
It was the fifth attack on a gas station in Dortmund since the end of November: On Boxing Day, a Star petrol station on Evinger Straße in Brechten was attacked. Not for the first time – because the same gas station hit it a few days earlier.
As early as December 18, two strangers had the branch up high Dortmund north mugged. At that time, according to the police report, a 43-year-old was on duty – eight days later it hit a 46-year-old. Three other gas stations in the north of Dortmund had previously been attacked:
Of course, the Dortmund police check whether there is one between the acts connection are confirmed spokeswoman Kristina Purschke. According to Purschke, two of the five crimes quickly had a connection. However, this has not yet been unequivocally confirmed. The other cases are still being examined.
The perpetrators can too beyond Dortmund have slammed: The District police Coesfeld also determined because of a conspicuous accumulation of gas station robberies – including in connection with Dortmund. After all, three of the four gas stations are right next to it A2 feeders.
Police Coesfeld checks connection to raids in Dortmund
It is currently being examined whether several acts in district of Coesfeld with deeds in Dortmund, Werne, Datteln and Sendenhorst related. The perpetrators always held firearms in front of their victims, and the clothing was always the same, according to a statement.
the Dortmund police exchanges information with the other authorities concerned. According to police spokeswoman Kristina Purschke, personal descriptions, execution of the crime, video images and other abnormalities are currently being compared. Results but there is not yet.
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