ACTIVE SEARCH Germany - Police launch manhunt after brazen airport heist, Cologne-Bonn Intl. Airport, 6 Mar 2019

[cybervampira]

German police launch manhunt after brazen airport heist | DW | 06.03.2019

Police are searching for three men who attempted to rob a money transport truck at Cologne-Bonn airport in western Germany. The masked men shot and seriously wounded at least one security guard.

German police are searching for three suspects who allegedly attacked a money transport truck at Cologne-Bonn international airport.

"This morning at around 09:15 (0815 UTC), three masked and armed men raided a money transporter," police spokesman Wolfgang Baldes said on Wednesday. "There were shots. An employee of the (money transport) company was severely injured by at least one shot to the thigh."

Police confirmed later in the day that the shot victim's life was not in danger.

The attack occurred near the arrivals area and long-distance bus hub at the airport. Cologne police said the suspects fled the scene and later set their car on fire on the outskirts of the German city.

Manhunt on after 2 attack money transporter in Germany | Daily Mail Online

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[cybervampira]

Manhunt on after 2 attack money transporter in Germany

[...]

Cologne police spokesman Carsten Rust said it was not yet clear if the suspects managed to rob any money from the transporter, which remained at the airport in western Germany.

Surveillance camera footage published by local newspaper Rheinische Post showed two masked suspects, one of them armed, quickly taking a wheeled suitcase to a black car and driving off with high speed.

Rust confirmed the video was authentic. He said the guard was severely injured by a shot in his thigh and had to undergo emergency surgery in the hospital. He was no longer in a life-threatening condition on Wednesday afternoon.

[...]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies